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1190 N 500 WEST MEETINGHOUSE LEHI NORTH BRANCH LEHI , UTAH COUNTY NOMINATION FORM NPS Form 1G-900 (Oct. 1990) Utah WOfdPotfec15.1 Fonnot ( R _ Feb. 1993) OMB No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking ·x· in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural clasSification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategOries from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer to complete all items. 1. Name of Property historic name Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse other names/site number Lehi Third Ward Meetinghouse, Zion's Hill Meetinghouse 2• .Location street & number 1190 North 500 West N/A not for publication city or town -,-I... ehUJi'--_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _-:-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ state I !tah code LIT county Utah N/A vicinity code 049 3.State/FederatAgency·Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this _request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property Xmeets _does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant _nationally _statewide Xlocally. C See continuation sheet for addition I comments .) ~nomination ) =-~~~~~~~~~~---+~~~y Utah Division of State Historv Office of Historic Preservation State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property _meets _does not meet the National Register criteria. additional comments .) Signature of certifying officiallTitie C See continuation sheet for Date State or Federal a enc and bureau 4. National Park Service CertifiCation I hereby certify that this property is: _ entered in the National Register. See continuation sheet. _ determined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. _ determined not eligible for the National Register. _ removed from the National Register. _ other, (explain:)_ _ _ _ __ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse Name of Property Lehi. Utah County, Utah City, County, and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) L private Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check only one box) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) L Contributing building(s) Non-contributing _ public-local district _ public-State site sites _ public-Federal structure structures buildings 1 objects _object o 1 Name of related multiple property listing (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) Historic and Architectural Resources of Lehi, Utah Total Number of contributing resources previously listed In the National Register N/A 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) RELIGION' religions facility Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC' single dwelling 7;," Description :< Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) Materials (Enter categories from instructions) MID 19TH CENTURY' Gothic Revival foundation STONE' limestone I ATE 19 walls BRICK TH AND 20 TH CENTURY REVIVALS' Classical Revival roof ASPHALT other_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets,) .x. See continuation sheet(s) for Section No, 7 Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse Name af Property If. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark ·x· on one or more lines for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) L A Lehi. Utah Countv. Utah City, County, and State Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) Property is associated with events that have RELIGION made a significant contribution to the broad ARCHITECTURE pattems of our history. B Property is associated with the lives of persons Significant in our past. lL C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses Period of Significance 1894-1948 high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, 1894 information important in prehistory or history. 1917 Criteria Considerations (Mark ·x· on all that apply.) Property is: lL A Significant Dates 1936 Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) owned by a religious institution or used for N/A religious purposes. Cultural Affiliation B removed from its original location. C a birthplace or grave. D a cemetery. E a reconstructed building, object, or Architect/Builder structure. Andrew Field, Charles Ohran, designers/builders F a commemorative property. G less than 50 years of age or achieved NLA significance within the past 50 years. Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) .x. See continuation sheet(s) for Section No.8 9.'; MaJor Bibliographical ReferenceS . Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): _ preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested _ previously listed in the National Register _ previously determined eligible by the National Register _ designated a National Historic Landmark _ recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # _ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # _ _ __ Primary location of additional data: L State Historic Preservation Office _ Other State agency _ Federal agency _ Local government _ University Other Name of repository: .x. See continuation sheet(s) for Section No. 9 Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse Name of Property Leh;' Utah County. Utah City, County, and State 10. Geographical Data Acreage of property 0.54 acres UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) A..1L2.. 4 12 a 14 11 10 Zone Easting C.J.... 11111 4 14 17 11 14 19 /0 Northing 111111 B.J.......1..J..11..L Zone Easting D _I ...LLL1..L 111111 Northing 111111 Verbal Boundary Description (bescnbe the boundanes of the propertY.) Commencing N 1110.60 ft and E 611.67 ft from monument at center Section 8, T5S, R1 E, SLM; N 90.90 ft; S 89 deg 38'E 253.97 ft; S 4 deg 49'W 6.251 ft; S 89 deg 40'34"E 7.212 ft; S 4 deg 04'56"W 87.965 ft; N 88 deg 56'W 254.433 ft to beginning. Property Tax No. 12:037:0010:213 _ See continuation sheet(s) for Section No. 10 (Explain why the boundaries were selected.) The boundaries of the nominated property include the entire parcel currently and historically associated with the building. _ See continuation sheet(s) for Section No. 10 nameltitle Nelson W KnightLArchitectural Historian organization Smith Hyatt Architects date July 1998 street & number 845 S Main Street telephone [phone] city or town ... BloI.oWJunwt...ifuWJIL-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ state..J.!L zip code,.....84=>.<Oul.... 0 _ _ __ Additional Documentatloli Submit the following items with the completed form: • Continuation Sheets • Maps: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts andlor properties having large acreage or numerous resources. • Photographs: Representative black and white photographs of the property. • Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items.) Pl'opertyOwner name Ross and Jean lamb street & number 1190 North 500 West h...... i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ city or town ---Ioo1....e..... telephone not published state.J.!L zip code -'84...:n.04~3_ __ Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This infonnation is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing. to list properties. and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act. as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 at seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing instructions. gathering and maintaining data. and completing and reviewing the fonn. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this fonn to the Chief. Administrative Services Division. National Pari< Service. P.O. Box 37127. Washington. DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget. Paperworl< Reductions Projects (1024-0018). Washington. DC 20503. OMB No. 10024-0018 NPS Fo,," 10-900-. Utah WonlPOffect 5_1 Fonna1 (Revised Fob. 1993) U~ited States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. L Page-1- Lehi North Branch Meeting House, Lehi, Utah County, UT Narrative Description The 1894 North Branch Meetinghouse is located on the southeast corner of 1200 North and 500 West Streets in Lehi, Utah. The area, located approximately 1-Y2 miles north of downtown Lehi, was historically known as Lehi Junction, after the junction of two rail lines nearby. It has now been absorbed into the suburban fabric of present-day Lehi, although the Meetinghouse occupies a corner that retains a relatively large amount of rural character. The present building consists of the original rectangular block meetinghouse (built 1894), and a 1917 crosswing addition. The 1894 portion is the present west wing of the building. Primarily Victorian Gothic in style, the original building also incorporates classical elements such as the symmetry and gable end entry. Gothic elements include the brick corbeling at the roof line and the pOinted arch windows. The building's designers/builders were local masons Andrew Fjeld and Charles Ohran. Though untrained, they designed a simple, well-proportioned building that draws upon several stylistic traditions in a harmonious way. The Victorian Gothic style of the building was the most popular style for Mormon church buildings around the time of this building's construction. The meetinghouse's walls rest on a foundation of blue limestone obtained from a quarry at Zion's Hill, in the Lake Mountains southwest of Lehi. The walls of the building are of brick obtained from Slater Brick, a Lehi brickyard. Projecting brick false buttresses are spaced evenly along the walls of the building. Gothic arched double-hung windows light the main interior space of this portion, which was once the chapel. A steeply pitched gable roof with overhanging eaves is accented by a stepped brick cornice. The main entry to the building is on the west facade, through a one-story brick foyer. It appears that this foyer was added in the 1936 renovation. Over the porch, inset in the brick and topped by a roman arch, is a sandstone tablet noting the building's date of construction. A similar tablet adorns the north wing of the building, which was constructed in 1917. This addition, which almost doubled the size of the building, is of brick matching the original construction. Rectangular double-hung windows (now obscured by aluminum storm sashes) belie the original classroom and office functions of the interior of the addition. A second entry at the northwest corner of the building reflects the Prairie style popular in Mormon construction of the time of the addition. On the east side of the building, a stair tower also reflects the Prairie style with its concrete capped parapet wall. The building was extensively renovated in 1936. The outside brick was painted, the stage remodeled and covered with linoleum, and a lighting system installed to improve ward theatricals. The partition between the upper story classrooms was removed and folding doors were installed in its place. Air conditioning was installed and a blower was placed in the furnace. The roof of the main auditorium (in the 1894 portion) was arched, the grounds were leveled, and grass and shrubbery planted. X See continuation sheet NPS Form 10· 900· 8 Utah WordPerfecl5.1 Format (RIMsed Feb. 1993) OMB No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. L Page...2.. Lehi North Branch Meeting House, Lehi, Utah County, UT In 1953, the ward moved to a new building and the building was sold to a private owner. At that time, several changes to the building were made to better accommodate its new function as a residence. Dormers were added to the north wing roof, and the interior configuration was modified. The current owners have embarked on a systematic restoration of the building. The exterior walls have been stripped of paint and returned to their original bare state. The former chapel has been returned to much the same as it was. Restoration work continues at this writing (1998). See continuation sheet NPS Fonn 1().9O().a OMB Utah WordPerled 5.1 Fonnat ( R _ Feb. 1993) No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. JL Page ~ Lehi North Branch Meeting House, Lehi, Utah County, UT Narrative Statement of Significance The North Branch Meetinghouse, built in 1894 and located at 1190 N. 500 West in Lehi, is the only surviving historic Mormon Church meetinghouse in Lehi. The rest of Lehi's several meetinghouses, including the large and elaborate Lehi Tabernacle, have been demolished and replaced with new buildings. For this reason, and for its association with the cultural and religious life of Lehi as outlined in the "Historic and Architectural Resources of Lehi , Utah" Multiple Property Submission, the building is historically significant under Criterion A. Building of this Victorian Gothic-style church coincided with the creation of the North Branch of the Utah Stake. This new stake was intended to accommodate growth in Lehi Junction, the area northwest of downtown Lehi surrounding the junction of two rail lines. Later, after the 1903 reorganization of the LDS church in Lehi, the building housed the Lehi Third Ward. After an addition in 1917 and a renovation in 1936, the building was replaced by a new building on another site, and the former church found a new use as a private residence, which it remains today. In the early 1870s, two railroads, the Salt Lake & Western (later the Oregon Short Line and the Utah Northern Line) and the Utah Southern Line, intersected in the area northwest of downtown Lehi. This area was soon dubbed Lehi Junction. Lehi Junction became a relatively self-contained community over the next two decades, with many homes, stores, railroad-related businesses, and a school. Lehi Junction prospered in the 1890s, when mining towns west of Lehi began to ship their are on a spur line of the Salt Lake & Western to Lehi Junction. Most of the residents of the area, like all of Lehi, were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known popularly as the Mormon, or LOS church. The growing population of Lehi Junction first attended church meetings in the downtown Lehi Meetinghouse, on the corner of 100 South and Center Streets, some distance away from Lehi Junction. This inconvenience led to the formation of Lehi's North Branch on October 1, 1893. Thomas R. Jones was appointed the first branch president. Jones also headed the branch building committee, established soon after the formation of the branch. Within four months of the branch's organization, $700 had been raised toward construction of a meetinghouse. 1 The North Branch building committee chose a site for the building at the corner of 500 West and 1200 North. The committee also engaged Andrew Fjeld and Charles Ohran, local contractors, to design and build the new meetinghouse. Fjeld and Ohran, along with additional partner Olaf Holmstead, were a successful partnership in Lehi from 1891 until 1911. Andrew Fjeld, a native of Lehi, apprenticed as a bricklayer in Lehi in the 1880s. In 1891 he teamed with Charles Ohran, who had come to Lehi to lay brick on the Lehi Commercial and Savings Bank Building. 2 With Olaf Holmstead, the pair constructed a IVan Wagoner, 97. 2206 E. State - nominated to the National Register in 1998 as part of the Lehi MPS. .x. See continuation sheet NPS Form 1G-9O().a Utah WordPerfecl5.1 Formal ( R _ Feb. 1993) OMB No. 1002+0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. JL Page..!. Lehi North Branch Meeting House, Lehi, Utah County, UT sizable number of Lehi's homes and commercial buildings. 3 The North Branch Meetinghouse, designed and built by Fjeld and Ohran, is an excellent example of the partnership's work. The primary building material was brick, a logical choice for a builder trained principally as a mason. Bricks were obtained from Slater Brick, a local brickyard. Limestone for the foundation was quarried from Zion's Hill in the Lake Mountains southwest of Lehi. For this reason, the building is sometimes referred to in early documents as the Zion's Hill Meetinghouse. 4 Sunday, October 14, 1894, worship services were first held in the branch meetinghouse, although the building was not fully completed. During the service, the building committee gave the following report of the $1,656 in expenditures: Size of building 40 ft. 8 inc. by 25 ft. 8 inc. 18 feet to the ceiling. Built of brick on the outside, and lined with adobies on the inside, and is plastered with cement. The rock for the foundation cost including the quarreing and hauling $119.50. The laying of the same $48.00. 25,200 brick, and 36,000 adobies $230.00. Hauling and laying of the same $179.25. Carpenter work, plastering, painting, lime, cement, and lumber, $979.25. Land $100. 5 Statistical records of the North Branch at the end of 1894 list sixty-four families in the area. In 1896 W.W. Clark succeeded Thomas R. Jones as branch president. In 1897 the branch membership was listed as 592. 6 In 1903, the LDS church in Lehi numbered 2,500 members, one of the largest congregations in existence and one that could not be accommodated in any building in the city. Accordingly, the ward reorganized following the reSignation of longtime Lehi Ward Bishop Thomas R. Cutler. Four new wards were formed in the new Lehi Stake; the North Branch Meetinghouse became the new home of the LehrThird Ward. Henry Lewis, the president of the North Branch at the time, was appOinted the new ward's first bishop. Membership continued to expand in the following years; by 1917 it had grown to an extent that the original Meetinghouse was no longer large enough to suit the ward's needs. The building had remained relatively unchanged since its completion; the 1917 renovation nearly doubled the building's size. A new cross-wing was added to the east end of the building. The addition included new classroom and office space to the building. In 1936 another renovation of the building took place. The "Van Wagoner, 223. Among others, Fjeld and Ohran are attributed with the following buildings: People's C<K>p Building (151 EState), Lehi Slaughtering Company Meat Market (101 W Main Street), Dr. E.C. Merrihew Building (72 W Main Street), and Dr. Robert E. Steel Building (60 W Main Street). All are part of the 1998 MPS "Historic and Architectural Resources of Lehi, Utah." 4\Jan Wagoner, 97. 5Lebi Banner, 25 October 1894, qtd. in Van Wagoner, 97. SooHlstory of Lehi Ward, n.d., qtd. in Van Wagoner, 97. .x See continuation sheet NPS Fonn I().QOO.a Ulah WOtdPerled 5.1 Format ( R _ Feb. 1993) OMB No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. Ji. Page ~ Lehi North Branch Meeting House, Lehi, Utah County, UT outside brick was painted, the stage remodeled and covered with linoleum, and a lighting system installed to improve ward theatricals. The partition between the folding doors was removed and folding doors were installed so the two rooms could be made into one conveniently large space. Air conditioning was installed and a blower was placed in the furnace. The roof of the main auditorium was arched, the grounds were leveled, and grass and shrubbery planted. 7 Despite this renovation, the building soon no longer met the needs of the congregation, which now numbered more than eight hundred. The ward leadership formed a building committee in 1944 and fund-raising for a new building began. Final plans were delayed, so construction at the site of the new building, 1095 North 300 West, did not begin until 1950. The Third Ward moved into the new building in 1953. 8 The original North Branch Meetinghouse was sold in 1953 to the Ned Veater family and was converted into a private residence. The building was altered to fit its new use, but retained many of its distinctive interior and exterior features. In 1968, the current owners, Ross and Jean Lamb, purchased the former church. They are engaged in an ongoing restoration of the building. ryan Wagoner, 108. avan Wagoner, 108. NPS Fonn 1~900-. Utah WordPerfec15.1 Fonna1 (R8IIised Feb. 1993) OMB No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No . ...a. Page..2.. Lehi North Branch Meeting House, Lehi, Utah County, UT Bibliography Arrington, Leonard J., Beet Sugar in the West: A History of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company. 1891~. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1966. ____, Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic HiStory of the Latter-Day Saints. 1858-1900. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1958. Carter, Thomas and Peter Goss, Utah's Historic Architecture. 1847-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Graduate School of Architecture and Utah State Historical Society, 1985. Daughters of Utah Pioneers of Utah County, Memories That Live: Utah County Centennial HiStory. Springville, Utah: Art City Publishing, 1947. Kirkham, Thomas F., ed. and compo Lehj Centennial HiStory 1850-1950 (including reprint of Hamilton Gardner'S History of Lehj [Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1913]). Lehi, Utah: Lehi Free Press Publishing Co., 1950. "Lehi Reconnaissance Level Survey," prepared by Allen Roberts, AlA, for the Utah State Historic Preservation Office, October, 1992, and February, 1994. Copy on file at the Utah SHPO. Owens, G., Salt Lake Cjty Directory. Including a Business Directory of Provo. Springville. and Ogden. Utah Territory, Salt Lake City, 1867. ,Polk, RL., & Co., Provo Cjty Djrectory. Salt Lake City: RL. Polk & Co., 1891-92, 1903-1987. Polk, RL., & Co., Utah State Gazeteer and Business Djrectory. Salt Lake City: Tribune Job Printing Co., 1900-1931. Reeder, Clarence Andrew, Jr., "The History of Utah's Railroads, 1869-1883," unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Utah, 1970. Sanborn Map Company, New York, Insurance Maps of Lehi, Utah, 1890, 1898, 1907, 1922, 1934. Richard S. Van Wagoner. Lehi: Portraits of a Utah Town. Lehi, Utah: Lehi City Corporation, 1990. See continuation sheet NPS Form 10-900-8 Utah WordPorfect 5.1 Format ( R _ Feb. 1993) OMS No. 10024-0018 Ut:'ited States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. PHOTOS Page.L Lehi North Branch Meeting House. Lehi. Utah County. UT Common Information 1. Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse 2. Lehi, Utah County, Utah 3. Photographer: Kim A. Hyatt 4. Date: June, 1997 5. Negative on file at Utah SHPO. Photo No.1 6. NW elevation of building. Camera facing SE. Photo No.2 6. SE elevation of building. Camera facing SW. See continuation sheet '. ~~~'7-. ~\Le-+-\~\~ Le ~~ Nb* ~~ ~ I \)+~ OJ") v-t~ . NPS Fonn 10-900 (Oct. 1990) Utah WonlPerl8ct 5.1 Fonnat (ReviSed Feb. 1993) OMB No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for ·individual properties or districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking ·x· in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented. enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions. architectural classification. materials. and areas of significance. enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-9OOa). Use a typewriter. word processor. or computer to complete all items. 1. Name of Property Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse historic name other names/site number Lehi Third Ward Meetinghouse. Zion's Hill Meetinghouse 2. Location street & number 1190 North 500 West city or town state l!tah N/A not for publication ... ehUJi,--_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ~1 code UT county I Jtah code~0~4~9~ N/A vicinity _ _ _ _ __ 84043 3. State/FederalAgency' Certification As the deSignated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended. I hereby certify that this ttnomination _request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property Xmeets _does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered Significant _nationally _statewide Xlocally. See continuation sheet for addition I comments .} <- ) --~~~~~~~~~----~~~~y Utah Division of State Historv. Office of Historic Preservation State or Federal a enc and bureau In my opinion , the property _meets _does not meet the National Register criteria . additional comments.} Signature of certifying officiallTitle <- See continuation sheet for Date State or Federal a enc and bureau 4. National Park Service.Certification I hereby certify that this property is: _ entered in the National Register. See continuation sheet. _ determined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. _ determined not eligible for the National Register. _ removed from the National Register. _ other, (explain:}._ _ _ _ __ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action DateUsted /98 I~/~ Leh; North Branch Meetinghouse Name of Property Lehi. Utah County, Utah City, County, and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) lL private Category of Property (Check only one box) .L building(s) .. Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Contributing Non-contributing _ public-local district _ public-State site sites _ public-Federal structure structures buildings 1 objects _object o Name of related multiple property listing (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing,) Historic and Architectural Resources of Lehi, Utah Total Number of contributing resources previously listed In the National Register N/A 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) RELIGION' religions facility Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC' single dwelling 7."Description . ... .. Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) Materials (Enter categories from instructions) MID 19TH CENTURY' Gothic Revival foundation STONE' limestone LATE 19 walls BRICK TH AND 20 TH CENTURY REVIVALS' Classical Revival roof ASPHAI T other_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Narrative DeSCription (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets,) X See continuation sheet(s) for Section No, 7 Lehi North Branch Meetjnghouse Name of Property Lehi. Utah Countv. Utah City, County, and State 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark ·x· on one or more lines for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) ..L A Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) Property is associated with events that have RELIGION made a significant contribution to the broad ARCHITECTURE pattems of our history. B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. lL C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses Period of Significance 1894-1948 high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. o 1894 information important in prehistory or history. 1917 Criteria Considerations (Mark "x· on all that apply.) Property is: lL A Significant Dates Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, owned by a religious institution or used for 1936 Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) N/A religious purposes. Cultural Affiliation B removed from its original location. N/A C a birthplace or grave. o a cemetery. E a reconstructed building, object, or Architect/Builder structure. Andrew Field, Charles Ohran, designers/builders F a commemorative property. G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) .x. See continuation sheet(s) for Section No.8 9.·MaJor Bibliographic::al References' Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: _ preliminary determination of individual listing ..L State Historic Preservation Office _ Other State agency (36 CFR 67) has been requested _ previously listed in the National Register _ Federal agency _ previously determined eligible by the National _ Local government Register _ University _ deSignated a National Historic Landmark Other _ recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository: #_--_ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # _ _ __ See continuation sheet(s) for Section No.9 .x. Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse Name of Property Lehj. Utah County. Utah City, County, and State 10. Geographical Data Acreage of property 0.54 acres UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) A.1L2... 4 /2 17 /4 /1 /0 lone Easting C...L 11111 4 14 17 /1 /4 /9 /0 Northing II/III B...L..11.11..1... II II II D...L..11.11..1... /11 /11 lone Easting Northing Verbal Boundary Description (Descnbe the boundanes of the propeny.) Commencing N 1110.60 ft and E 611.67 ft from monument at center Section 8, T5S, R1 E, SLM; N 90.90 ft; S 89 deg 38'E 253.97 ft; S 4 deg 49W 6.251 ft; S 89 deg 40'34"E 7.212 ft; S 4 deg 04'56"W 87.965 ft; N 88 deg 56W 254.433 ft to beginning. Property Tax No. 12:037:0010:213 _ See continuation sheet(s) for Section No. 10 8owAciar:y JWltitiGatioA (Explain why the boundaries were selected.) The boundaries of the nominated property include the entire parcel currently and historically associated with the building. _ See continuation sheet(s) for Section No. 10 name/title Nelson W KnightJArchitectural Historian organization Smith Hyatt Architects date July 1998 street & number 845 S Main Street telephone [phone] B""o.... unwtwifu ...I'--______________________ state"",UL zip code...s;841!:t1.10...lCl01.l.-_ __ city or town ... . Additional .DOcumenfatlon ... . .. Submit the following items with the completed form: • Continuation Sheets • Maps: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and/or properties having large acreage or numerous resources. • Photographs: Representative black and white photographs of the property. • Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items.) Property Owner name Ross and Jean Lamb street & number _---'1~1... 9.... 0-"N""0.u.rtJ.l.hL5""0"'0..L..ICW"_'.. es...t _______________ telephone not published city or town --I1...e;ah.u.i________________________ state"",UL zip code ---""84=0",,4,,,,3_ __ Pape~ork Reduction Act Statement: This infonnation is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or detennine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this fonn is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the fonn . Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this fonn to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service. P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. NPS Fonn 10-900-8 Utah WordPetfect 5.1 Formal (Reviled Feb. 1993) OMB No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. L Page_1 Lehi North Branch Meeting House, Lehi, Utah County, UT Narrative Description The 1894 North Branch Meetinghouse is located on the southeast corner of 1200 North and 500 West Streets in Lehi, Utah. The area, located approximately 1-Y2 miles north of downtown Lehi, was historically known as Lehi Junction, after the junction of two rail lines nearby. It has now been absorbed into the suburban fabric of present-day Lehi, although the Meetinghouse occupies a corner that retains a relatively large amount of rural character. The present building consists of the original rectangular bloc~ meetinghouse (built 1894), and a 1917 crosswing addition. The 1894 portion is the present west wing of the building. Primarily Victorian Gothic in style, the original building also incorporates classical elements such as the symmetry and gable end entry. Gothic elements include the brick corbeling at the roof line and the pOinted arch windows. The building's designers/builders were local masons Andrew Fjeld and Charles Ohran. Though untrained, they designed a simple, well-proportioned building that draws upon several stylistic traditions in a harmonious way. The Victorian Gothic style of the building was the most popular style for Mormon church buildings around the time of this building's construction. The meetinghouse's walls rest on a foundation of blue limestone obtained from a quarry at Zion's Hill, in the Lake Mountains southwest of Lehi. The walls of the building are of brick obtained from Slater Brick, a Lehi brickyard. Projecting brick false buttresses are spaced evenly along the walls of the building. Gothic arched double-hung windows light the main interior space of this portion, which was once the chapel. A steeply pitched gable roof with overhanging eaves is accented by a stepped brick cornice. The main entry to the building is on the west facade, through a one-story brick foyer. It appears that this foyer was added in the 1936 renovation. Over the porch, inset in the brick and topped by a roman arch, is a sandstone tablet noting the building's date of construction. A similar tablet adorns the north wing of the building, which was constructed in 1917. This addition, which almost doubled the size of the building, is of brick matching the original construction. Rectangular double-hung windows (now obscured by aluminum storm sashes) belie the original classroom and office functions of the interior of the addition. A second entry at the northwest corner of the building reflects the Prairie style popular in Mormon construction of the time of the addition. On the east side of the building, a stair tower also reflects the Prairie style with its concrete capped parapet wall. The building was extensively renovated in 1936. The outside brick was painted, the stage remodeled and covered with linoleum, and a lighting system installed to improve ward theatricals. The partition between the upper story classrooms was removed and folding doors were installed in its place. Air conditioning was installed and a blower was placed in the furnace. The roof of the main auditorium (in the 1894 portion) was arched, the grounds were leveled, and grass and shrubbery planted. X See continuation sheet NPS Fona 10 ·900-8 OMB No. 10024-0018 Utah WordPorf8ct 5.1 Fonnat (RtMoed Feb. 1993) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. L Page 2. Lehi North Branch Meeting House, Lehi, Utah County, UT In 1953, the ward moved to a new building and the building was sold to a private owner. At that time, several changes to the building were made to better accommodate its new function as a residence. Dormers were added to the north wing roof, and the interior configuration was modified. The current owners have embarked on a systematic restoration of the building. The exterior walls have been stripped of paint and returned to their original bare state. The former chapel has been returned to much the same as it was. Restoration work continues at this writing (1998). _ See continuation sheet NPS Fonn 1~9OC).a Utah WordPerfecl5.1 Fonna1 (RIJIIIsed Feb. 1993) OMB No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No . ..a Page...3.. Lehi North Branch Meeting House. Lehi. Utah County. UT Narrative Statement of Significance The North Branch Meetinghouse, built in 1894 and located at 1190 N. 500 West in Lehi, is the only surviving historic Mormon Church meetinghouse in Lehi. The rest of Lehi's several meetinghouses, including the large and elaborate Lehi Tabernacle, have been demolished and replaced with new buildings. For this reason, and for its association with the cultural and religious life of Lehi as outlined in the "Historic and Architectural Resources of Lehi, Utah" Multiple Property Submission, the building is historically significant under Criterion A. Building of this Victorian Gothic-style church coincided with the creation of the North Branch of the Utah Stake. This new stake was intended to accommodate growth in Lehi Junction, the area northwest of downtown Lehi surrounding the junction of two rail lines. Later, after the 1903 reorganization of the LDS church in Lehi, the building housed the Lehi Third Ward. After an addition in 1917 and a renovation in 1936, the building was replaced by a new building on another site, and the former church found a new use as a private residence, which it remains today. In the early 1870s, two railroads, the Salt Lake & Western (later the Oregon Short Line and the Utah Northern Line) and the Utah Southern Line, intersected in the area northwest of downtown Lehi. This area was soon dubbed Lehi Junction. Lehi Junction became a relatively self-contained community over the next two decades, with many homes, stores, railroad-related businesses, and a school. Lehi Junction prospered in the 1890s, when mining towns west of Lehi began to ship their ore on a spur line of the Salt Lake & Western to [ehi Junction. Most of the residents of the area, like all of Lehi, were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known popularly as the Mormon, or LDS church. The growing population of Lehi Junction first attended church meetings in the downtown Lehi Meetinghouse, on the corner of 100 South and Center Streets, some distance away from Lehi Junction. This inconvenience led to the formation of Lehi's North Branch on October 1, 1893. Thomas R. Jones was appointed the first branch president. Jones also headed the branch building committee, established soon after the formation of the branch. Within four months of the branch's organization, $700 had been raised toward construction of a meetinghouse. 1 The North Branch building committee chose a site for the building at the corner of 500 West and 1200 North. The committee also engaged Andrew Fjeld and Charles Ohran, local contractors, to design and build the new meetinghouse. Fjeld and Ohran, along with additional partner Olaf Holmstead, were a successful partnership in Lehi from 1891 until 1911. Andrew Fjeld, a native of Lehi, apprenticed as a bricklayer in Lehi in the 1880s. In 1891 he teamed with Charles Ohran, who had come to Lehi to lay brick on the Lehi Commercial and Savings Bank Building. 2 With Olaf Holmstead, the pair constructed a Van Wagoner. 97. 2206 E. State - nominated to the National Register in 1998 as part of the Lehi MPS. X See continuation sheet NPS Form l()'900-a OMB No. 10024-0018 Utah WonIPorfecI5.1 FOmla! (RINised Feb. 1993) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. ~ Page A. Lehi North Branch Meeting House, Lehi, Utah County, UT sizable number of Lehi's homes and commercial buildings. 3 The North Branch Meetinghouse, designed and built by Fjeld and Ohran, is an excellent example of the partnership's work. The primary building material was brick, a logical choice for a builder trained prinCipally as a mason. Bricks were obtained from Slater Brick, a local brickyard. Limestone for the foundation was quarried from Zion's Hill in the Lake Mountains southwest of Lehi. For this reason, the building is sometimes referred to in early documents as the Zion's Hill Meetinghouse. 4 Sunday, October 14, 1894, worship services were first held in the branch meetinghouse, although the building was not fully completed. During the service, the building committee gave the following report of the $1,656 in expenditures: Size of building 40 ft. 8 inc. by 25 ft. 8 inc. 18 feet to the ceiling. Built of brick on the outside, and lined with adobies on the inside, and is plastered with cement. The rock for the foundation cost including the quarreing and hauling $119.50. The laying of the same $48.00. 25,200 brick, and 36,000 adobies $230.00. Hauling and laying of the same $179.25. Carpenter work, plastering, painting, lime, cement, and lumber, $979.25. Land $100. 5 Statistical records of the North Branch at the end of 1894 list sixty-four families in the area. In 1896 W.W. Clark succeeded Thomas R. Jones as branch president. In 1897 the branch membership was listed as 592.6 In 1903, the LOS church in Lehi numbered 2,500 members, one of the largest congregations in existence and one that could not be accommodated in any building in the city. Accordingly, the ward reorganized following the resignation of longtime Lehi Ward Bishop Thomas R. Cutler. Four new wards were formed in the new Lehi Stake; the North Branch Meetinghouse became the new home of the Lehi Third Ward. Henry Lewis, the president of the North Branch at the time, was appointed the new ward's first bishop. Membership continued to expand in the following years; by 1917 it had grown to an extent that the original Meetinghouse was no longer large enough to suit the ward's needs. The building had remained relatively unchanged since its completion; the 1917 renovation nearly doubled the building's size. A new cross-wing was added to the east end of the building. The addition included new classroom and office space to the building. In 1936 another renovation of the building took place. The :Van Wagoner, 223. Among others, Fjeld and Ohran are attributed with the following buildings: People's Co-op Building (151 EState), Lehi Slaughtering Company Meat Market (101 W Main Street), Dr. E.C. Merrihew Building (72 W Main Street), and Dr. Robert E. Steel Building (60 W Main Street). All are part of the 1998 MPS "Historic and Architectural Resources of Lehi. Utah.· ·Van Wagoner, 97. 5Lebi Banner. 25 October 1894. qtd. in Van Wagoner. 97. "'History of Lehi Ward, n.d., qtd. in Van Wagoner, 97. X See continuation sheet NPS Fonn 1o-900-a U1ah WomPerfecl5. 1 Fonnat (Revised Feb. 1993) OMS No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. Jt Page 2 Lehi North Branch Meeting House, Lehi, Utah County, UT outside brick was painted, the stage remodeled and covered with linoleum, and a lighting system installed to improve ward theatricals. The partition between the folding doors was removed and folding doors were installed so the two rooms could be made into one conveniently large space. Air conditioning was installed and a blower was placed in the furnace. The roof of the main auditorium was arched, the grounds were leveled, and grass and shrubbery planted. 7 Despite this renovation, the building soon no longer met the needs of the congregation, which now numbered more than eight hundred. The ward leadership formed a building committee in 1944 and fund-raising for a new building began. Final plans were delayed, so construction at the site of the new building, 1095 North 300 West, did not begin until 1950. The Third Ward moved into the new building in 1953.8 The original North Branch Meetinghouse was sold in 1953 to the Ned Veater family and was converted into a private residence. The building was altered to fit its new use, but retained many of its distinctive interior and exterior features. In 1968, the current owners, Ross and Jean Lamb, purchased the former church. They are engaged in an ongoing restoration of the building. 1\Jan Wagoner, 10S. "Van Wagoner, 10S. NPS Fonn 1().9()().a Ulah WordPerfecl5.1 Fonnat (Revtsed Feb. 1993) OMB No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No . ..a. Page..2.. Lehi North Branch Meeting House, Lehi, Utah County, UT Bibliography Arrington, Leonard J., Beet Sugar in the West: A History of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company. 1891~. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1966. ____, Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic History of the Latter-Day Saints. 1858-1900. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1958. Carter, Thomas and Peter Goss, Utah's Historic Architecture. 1847-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Graduate School of Architecture and Utah State Historical Society, 1985. Daughters of Utah Pioneers of Utah County, Memories That Live: Utah County Centennial History. ' Springville, Utah: Art City Publishing, 1947. Kirkham, Thomas F., ed. and compo Lehi Centennial History 1850-1950 (including reprint of Hamilton Gardner's History of Lehi [Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1913]). Lehi, Utah: Lehi Free Press Publishing Co., 1950. "Lehi Reconnaissance Level Survey," prepared by Allen Roberts, AlA, for the Utah State Historic Preservation Office, October, 1992, and February, 1994. Copy on file at the Utah SHPO. Owens, G., Salt Lake City Directory. Including a Business Directory of Provo. Springville. and Ogden. Utah Territory, Salt Lake City, 1867. Polk, RL., & Co., Provo City Directory. Salt Lake City: RL. Polk & Co., 1891-92, 1903-1987. Polk, RL., & Co., Utah State Gazeteer and Business Directory. Salt Lake City: Tribune Job Printing Co., 1900-1931 . Reeder, Clarence Andrew, Jr. , "The History of Utah's Railroads, 1869-1883," unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Utah, 1970. Sanborn Map Company, New York, Insurance Maps of Lehi, Utah, 1890, 1898, 1907, 1922, 1934. Richard S. Van Wagoner. Lehi: Portraits of a Utah Town. Lehi, Utah: Lehi City Corporation, 1990. See continuation sheet NPS Form 1G-900-a Utah WoroPorfecl5. 1 Formal ( R _ Feb. 1993) OMS No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. PHOTOS Page L Lehi North Branch Meeting House, Lehi, Utah County, UT Common Information 1. Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse 2. Lehi, Utah County, Utah 3. Photographer: Kim A. Hyatt 4. Date: June, 1997 5. Negative on file at Utah SHPO. Photo No.1 6. NW elevation of building. Camera facing SE. Photo No.2 6. SE elevation of building. Camera facing SW. See continuation sheet ?1~~'2_ , r W\t.£.L,~ "~7 Le\~ Nb~.-t.. ~ ." ~,\)+~ a~) u-t~ PHOTOGRAPHS & SLIDES .. , \\ \ ;. (-\ i . , "'..... . . \ ,,' , )' 1 , ... \ . ~ - \ , ~~ -l ' \. \ ,'.\' . \ . ", , ~~ . ;" ~ '- \ !,' . \ -l\ ~ Ii") ~ ... I 00 \'.j I~I (50) • ...••.. \ ....... \ , II. . ~ - - - - -"1:- Zi' JUHE Z'), 199-.:' Ak""~~_~~;'~"+eac~ II -SW' , • • -,~..., .. ~~I -~C.·.I~" JUt·1E 23> 1997 26 RESEARCH NOTER/MI~CElLANEOUS ---------------.-.~.-- .....-.---.-.,.. .. . L:E:HI Centennial History 1850 - 1950 (A History of Lehi for One Hundred Years) PRINTED IN TWO PARTS PART I Reprint of First Publication of "HISTORY OF LEHI" Com.piled and W,'itten C7 -,eT ' -;'- __ "- 1 l _-. ;':;J' I BY LEHI CENTENNIAL COMl\IITTEE C<, 1850 - 1913 PART II HISTORY OF LEHI ',. . ' INCLUDING BIOGRAPHICAL SECTION UP TO 1950 ., . Published by FREE PRESS PUBLISHING CO. LEHI, UTAH September, 1950 ---- 162 HISTORY OF LEHI ANOTHER DEATH IN THE BISHOPRIC. On November 13, 1888, Counselor Edwin Standring died, leaving another vacancy in the Bishopric. William Clark was selected to occupy his place. NORTH-WEST BRANCH ORGANIZED. Because of their partial isolation from the main body of church members, and because of their everincreasing numbers, the people in the north-west part of town-called, variously the New Survey, Lehi Junction, and "Over the Creek"-desired to have a branch organization of their own. Their request was granted, and on October 1, 1893, the North-west Branch was organized with Thomas R. Jones as president. Later he was suc- , I f THIRD W ARD CH AF 'ZL , Et'ected 1894 ceeded by W. W. Clark. One year later the branch began the erection of a meeting house which has been in use ever since. THE NEW TABERNACLE. The need for a new meeting place had now long been apparent. The Old Meeting House was entirely inadequate to seat the great number of worshipers who thronged there every Sunday; and the pride of the people demanded a larger and more modern structure. For many years there had been only talk and desire for a new chapel; the erection of a tabernacle in Provo proved to be all the burden the church members in Lehi could carrv. FinallY. when the assessmpnt, from Prov o h!lrl haan l"naf 414 HISTORY OF LEHI LEHI THIRD WARD pointed to that position. On July 3, 1949, Russell B. Webb was sustained as assistant ward clerk. March 26, 1950, the members of the bishopric were released and J. Ferrin Gurney was sustained bishop with Clovis L. Hill and Leo H. Loveridge as counselors. All auxiliary organizations have been kept fully organized and functioning thus rendering material aid to the Bishoprics in Ward activities. The Relief Society has fully accomplished all assignments in Welfare work given them. For many months during the building of the new Ward chapel, the Relief Society members served dinners twice a month to the Lions Club, held bazaars and sales, and prepared ward dinners. The proceeds from all these activities were added to the Ward building fund and for the furnishing of their own Relief Society room in the new church. Red Cross assignments have been filled, and many boxes of c~othing and other necessities have been sent to church members in Europe. Since 1947 a nursery has been maintained enabling young mothers to enjoy Relief Society meetings. In 1948 a Junior Sunday School was organized. This gave new impetus to Sunday School work in the Ward. This Junior School occupies the Amusement hall which provides ample room for group class work and activities especially adapted to Sunday School beginners. An able corps of teachers has made this move a great success. Boy Scouting with John E. Jolley as Scoutmaster has made material advancement. At this writing four scouts, Mark Whipple, David Logsdon, Morgan Ev.a ns, and Raman Watkins, with the help of their Scputmaster, are preparing to attend the National Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge in June, 1950. The Missionary cause has always been supported by the Second Ward. During the past thirty years more than sixty missionaries have been sent to all parts of the world where missions are maintained. Farewell programs have been given departing Missionaries and the Ward has made a practice of providing the Missionary with the fare to his field of labor. A welcome home program is given the Missionary upon his return. On the east wall of the Ward chapel, a large frame has been provided in which are hung enlarged pictures of missionaries in the field . Upon his return and at his welcome program, the Missionary is presented with his photo which hung in the Missionary frame during his absence. At one time there were eleven pictures in this Missionary frame. The Mutual Improvement Associations, Primary and Sunday School have all contributed materially to the progress and advancement of the Ward. Through their activity programs unlimited opportunities have been offered Ward members for personal growth and developement. 415 Lehi Third Ward In the early days of Lehi some people moved north across Dry Creek to farm, while others made their homes in the northwest of town and found employment at the Junction, a railroad terminal whe.re trains tied u~ from the Tjntic minin.g district and other mmes west of LehI. Located af the JunctIon was a Round House, Railroad Station, and work shop which provided employment for a number of men. In its ea'rly days the North Branch had for its presiding officers Priests appointed by Bishop David Evans. Among these presiding Priests were Isaac Wilson Fox, William Southwick, Thomas R. Jones and Charles Barnes. On October 1, 1893, the North Branch was organized by President Abram O. Smoot of Utah Stake. Thomas R. Jones was appointed President and held that position until September 6, 1896, when he was re!eased and William W. Clark was appointed Branch "resident by President Partridge and the High Council of Utah Stake. On May 3, 1903, William W. Clark was released by the Presidency of Alpine Stake and Henry Lewis was appointed Branch President with George Glover and Jackson Wanlass as his Counselors and Alfred M. Fox as Ward Clerk. On December 20, 1903, Apostles John Henry Smith and George Teasdale representing the General Authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were present at a special meeting in Lehi. At this meeting Bishop T. R. Cutler was released, Lehi was divided into four wards, and the North Branch became the Third Ward. The Branch Presidency were by ordination of the visiting Apostles made toe Bishopric of the Lehi Third Ward and Alfred M. Fox was retained as clerk. On August 14, 1910, the Lehi Third Ward Bishopric was reorganized. Bishp Henry Lewis was retained and W. W. Dickerson and William Hadfield became his counselors with Alfred M. Fox continuing as Ward Clerk. 416 HISTORY OF LEHI In July, 1923, William Hadfield was chosen Bishop with W. W Dickerson as First Counselor and John Hutchings Second Counselor. In 1926 James H. Gray became Counselor and in 1928 Arnold Brems was sustained Second Counselor. Among those who have served as Ward Clerk were the following: E. LeRoy Colledge, Charles L. Johnson, Arnold C. Brems, and S. Walter Hutchings. Isaac W. Fox was ordained Bishop of the Lehi Third Ward ill July, 1933, with Charl es Johnson and Harold W. Barnes as Counselors and Arnold C. Brems, Clerk, who was later succeeded by Dale Hadfeld as Ward Clerk. George A. Ricks became Bishop in March, 1!J42, with L. Carlos Coates as First Counselor, Eldred W. Fox, Second Counselor, and Homer Trinnaman, Ward Clerk, who was later succeeded by Jay Hullinger. Harold W. Barnes was chosen Bishop in 1949 wtih Vernon Nielson as First Counselor and Clive Beal as Second Counselor and Jay Hullinger and Edward S. Fox, Ward Clerks. The Ward has grown until the population in 1950 has reached the one thousand mark. The Ward chapel, which was built in 1893, is now inadequate to meet the demands of the Ward. Plans are being deve'oped for the building of a new Church across the street to the northwest from the old building. Already a considerable amount of money has been denoted by Ward members, the movement having commenced under the supervision of Bishop George A. Ricks, and very soon building operations will commence on the new building. The auxiliary organizations have been active since their beginning in carrying out their activities . When the Ward was first organized, meetings of the organizations were held in private homes. Due to the over-crowded condition in the Ward Church, a simular condition exists now and one Sunday School Class convenes at the home of Earl Chilton across the street from the Church. The Primary, through its little peop'e busy. Participation ture parade provides a thrill to Third Ward Primary has made in those parades. summer program, keeps the each year in the City's Minamany of the children, and the some very noteworthy entries Opportunities are given the children to help others through the annual Valentine Penny drive for the Primary Children's Hospital. Liberal donations are made each year. 418 HISTORY OF LEHI LEHI FOURTH WARD The present enrollment is 155 children between the ages of three and twelve. There are twenty-one officers and teachers. Early Mutual Improvement Association meetings in the North Branch, which became the Lehi Third Ward, were convened in private homes and the Franklin School House. This continued until the Ward church was completed in 1893. Lizzie James should be mentioned as one of the early M. I. A. leaders jn the Ward. Those first meetings consisted of short programs and religious lessons. One night each month was devoted to testimony bearing and during one year 144 testimonies were recorded. An annual dime fund was collected to help defray organization expenses. As one activity an occasional dance evening was conducted and they maintained their own library and this group donated 228 books to the new Lehi Carnegie Library. In 1902 the enrollment was thirty-eight while in 1950 the members number ninety-five. Many activities have been added since those early meetings. It is recal'ed that the first groups from the Third Ward to enjoy Mutual Dell outings made the journey with horse-drawn hay rack wagons, and those were very pleasant outings. The Gold and Green ball, road shows, snow queen, sweetheart and harvest balls have created new interest in the rganizations. Soft ball teams have been organized with other outdoor activities added such as wiener roasts, treasure hunts, hobo parties and others to provide Mutual Improvement enjoyment. The Relief Society has been a material aid to the Bishopric in caring for the sick and needy of the Ward. Many hours and days have been spent by the Relief Society members in this benevolent labor. It was a duty in earlier times for this organization to visit the homes where death occured and perpare the dead for burial. Burial clothes were provided and the homes of mourning prepared for funeral services. emergency needs. Later a new requirement was made that annually the wheat be sent to the Church elevator. During the wheat shortage in World War I the Church sold its great store of wheat to the Federal Government and invested the money. Now each year the Ward Relief Society receives a check for its proportion of interest earned by that investment. Bazaars have been held and dinners served to raise funds for organization expenses and often proceeds of such activities have been turned over to the Bishop to help finance the Ward. During the depression following World War II the Relief Society purchased a large pressure cooker and a canning project was conducted to can fruits and vegetables for the needy families of the Ward. This cooker is still in use. The Sunday. School has in all the history of the Ward been fully organized and active. There has !lways been it host of energetic workers to make the Sunday S-chool successful in providing Gospel training. At this writing, the Third Ward Sunday School is sadly overcrowded, but they are looking forward with keen anticipation to the building of the new church. In spite of the present handicap for adequate quarters, the Sunday School lacks nothing in the program of activities offered for the advancement of the Sunday School cause. Early in the organization of the Third Ward each member was reqquested to donate one bushel of wheat annually to the Society which wheat was stored in the Ward Granary. In former days when wheat and money were scarce, many members gleaned wheat from the fields in order to provide the required bushel, and this wheat was often threshed by hand. The Relief Society built its own granary near the church and stored its own wheat until later it was turned over to the Church. This was a church-wide move, namely, to have wheat in storage for 419 ". Lehi Fourth Ward The Lehi Fourth Ward was organized December 20, 1903, with John Stoker as Bishop; Samuel A. Smith and James B. Clark as counselors with Joseph J. Gill as ward clerk. Afterseveral years service Samuel A. Smith was released and James B. Clark was made first counselor and Robert Fox was named second counselor. Robert Fox was released after serving several years and Thomas Leonard Peterson succeeded him. On the fourteenth day of October, 1923, Bishop Stoker and his counselors and ward clerk were released and a new bishopric installed. Thomas Leonard Peterson was selected as Bishop with Joseph E. Smith and Wilford Russon as counselors and Carl Gunther as ward clerk. After three years service, Leonard Peterson moved from the ward. On October 24, 1926, Joseph E. Smith was selected as bishop with Joseph Coulam and Isaac R. Peck his counselors. Carl Gunther was retained as ward clerk. Sometime later Wilford Russon replaced Carl Gunther as ward clerk and then LEHI Portraits of a Utah Town Richard S. Van Wagoner Foreword by Max Evans LEHI CITY CORPORATION, 1990 14 OVERVIEW The most influential institution to arise during this time was the Lehi Publishing Company, which issued its first edition of the Lehi Banner 29 May 1891. Under the masthead, "The Official Organ of the Utah Sugar Company," the newspaper published sugar news on the front page and chronicled virtually every important event in Lehi's history for the next twenty-six years. In 1894 the Banner covered the gold fever that swept through Lehi when prospectors discovered the "Red Mason vein" four miles west of town. "The precious metal was found under most every sagebrush over the river," reported a local assayer. To handle the rush of claims, the Lehi Mining District, with S. W. Ross as recorder, established an office in the City Hall. In July of that year the Salt Lake and Mercur Railway Company branched a line from the Salt Lake & Western track at Fairfield to handle the explosion of ore production at Mercur. 60 In the midst of the 1894 gold rush, Lehi Junction people began plans for the community's second Mormon meetinghouse. This was completed on the southeast corner of Twelfth North at Fifth West later that year. Originally called the North Branch or Zion's Hill Chapel, it later became the Lehi Third Ward. (This fine old building is the Ross Lamb family home in 1989). Once the LOS Church had given up polygamy, the federal government no longer opposed Utah statehood. Anticipating this event, the Lehi City Council authorized Gay Whipple to erect an eighty-foot flag pole on the jail lot at approximately 150 West Second North. A large flag was first hoisted up the two-ton pole on 4 July 1895, but the town's most patriotic outburst occurred six months later: January 4, '96, dawned upon our peaceful city as she lay wrapped in a mantel of the beautiful. The morning was crisp and bright. The golden sun, as he peeped over the eastern mountains and shed his rays over the valley below was the fore runner of the joyous news which was then traveling with lightening speed from the east to the west. Suddenly a sound was heard which echoed from hill to hill and every ear that caught that sound listened but a moment, then bang, bang, ting, ring, and all knew then that the glad news had arrived that President Cleveland had issued his proclamation declaring that Utah the Queen of the West was now a State and everyone now shouted hurrah for the land of the free and the home of the brave.6 1 The late 18908 saw the introduction of bicycles to Lehi . "Wheels," as they were commonly called, captured nearly everyone's interest. Some praised cycling as a healthy outdoor exercise. Some lamented the danger. Moralists condemned the sport for promoting easy, informal relations between young people of the opposite sex. While young men and ladies might leave home for a Sunday ride in proper groups of their own sex, they found it easy to strike up casual acquaintances far from the eyes of parents and chaperones. More than one observer thought that the bicycle was a first step toward total moral chaos. It was on the pneumatic tires of the bicycle that many emancipated young women of the 1890s escaped into a refreshing new freedom. On Sundays the streets in Lehi and elsewhere served as promenades for cyclists. Dapper gents doffed their caps to young women in candystriped blouses with billowing sleeves, sporty broad-brimmed hats, and full free-flowing skirts. The Lehi Banner reported a multitude of stories related to the new rage. Lehi druggist T. J. Wadsworth pedaled from Morgan to Lehi in a day. Mayor Mosiah Evans returning from Provo in the spring of 1897 reported "the roads in excellent condition." And Mose Garff, "handsome and debonaire clerk," according to the 25 October 1898 Banner, "was doing some expert bicycle riding Sunday morning and in the course of his maneuvers attempted to climb a tree. He failed ... Mose will not be so handsome hereafter but he knows more about bicycle riding." Newburn Butt, Lehi marshal, was shocked to discover a thievish cyclist had taken his wheel from the city hall, rode it to Murray, and then sold the pilfered bike to a shopkeeper. Lehi jeweler and inventor, Abe Gudmundsen, capitalized on the latest fad by adding a bicycle shop to his Main Street business. While the bicycle craze was in full bloom, Prohibition became the political issue of Lehi in 1897. After the coming of the sugar factory, money jingled in men's pockets, and they often spent it for booze. Lehi, despite . Mormon teetotalism, had a widespread reputation as a saloon town - an image city fathers and church leaders hardly wanted. Local Republicans favored high license fees to control the number of drinking establishments, while Democrats were in favor of Prohibition. During the November 1897 city elections the Democrats carried the day. Utah watched wide-eyed for two years as the state's only dry town became a bootlegger's paradise. Lehi "sports" found little difficulty wetting their whistles with illegal tonsil-varnish during the prohibition years. In 1899 the prohibitionists were voted from office, and high licensing again became the order of the day. Seven local boys fought in the Spanish-American War of 1898-99. No lives were lost. When the soldiers returned home on 19 August 1899, they were met with a rousing welcome. "When it was announced that the Lehi volunteers were to arrive on the evening train," the 24 August 1899 Banner reported, the people thronged the streets to welcome those who had fought so nobly for their country, and it seemed that every man, woman and child were out, ready to greet the heroes upon their arrival. The train bearing these volunteers streamed into the Oregon Short Line depot at 7:20. The shouts of the people could be heard for miles around, and the volleys that were being discharged by the shot gun brigade rent the air with a thunderous sound. 16 OVERVIEW Work began on what Lehi residents term the Pumps on 21 June 1902. By summer's end four forty-eightinch Byron Jackson centrifugal pumps, each driven by 100-horsepower motors, were installed. In the summer of 1903, when the station was in full operation, the four units were pumping 400 cubic feet of water per second (approximately 3,000 gallons). This operation was so successful that new land was opened for cultivation and soon even more water was needed. Consequently, in 1905 another pump was installed. In 1907 two more pumps with the same capacity as the original four were brought on line. In 1911 a sixty-inch pump, driven by a 250 horsepower motor, with a potential for delivering 1,600 gallons per second, was installed . When this pump was put into operation, the plant had the capacity for delivering 700 million gallons of water every twenty-four hours. It was believed to be the largest pumping plant in the world then,and in the fall of 1920 a $185,000 construction project doubled its pumping capacity. An unusual political event in 1903 was the "excommunication" of the Lehi wing from the Utah Socialist Party. During the late 1800s, several European and American socialist political parties formed an international organization with a single set of beliefs inspired by the writings of Karl Marx. Claiming that free enterprise systems are inefficient and wasteful, socialists believe that capitalism leads to such problems as unemployment, poverty, business cycles, and conflicts between workers and management. In Lehi municipal elections of 5 November 1901 the Democratic and Socialist parties combined to wrest away the recorder and marshal positions from the Republicans. In the fall of 1903 Lehi's small socialist party, consisting of W. S. Evans, Edison Whipple, John Whipple, Henry East, Mr. Sims, Robert Gilchrist, and F. Wilcox, endorsed Democratic mayor candidate John Snow. This action violated the "fusion clause" in state and national Socialist constitutions and resulted in the revocation of the local charter. During the Christmas season of 1903 Thomas R. Cutler retired as Lehi's bishop, a position he had held for the previous twenty-four years. The people dearly loved him, a sentiment that was reflected in a 24 December 1903 Banner editorial: In the retirement of Bishop T. R. Cutler the people of Lehi have the deepest regret. No Bishop has ever stood higher in the estimation of any people than does bishop Cutler with the people of Lehi. No bishop has ever done more for the advancement and betterment of his people than he. Few men, if any, are blessed with a more generous disposition. In this regard he is a most extraordinary man, for he shows a broadness of mind and a bigness of heart that is seldom found in any man. His business ideas are among the best of Utah's financiers, and in a financial way he has done more to bring Lehi to the front than any dozen men. During the twenty-four years he has been bishop there has hardly been a jar in any of the different organizations. He has never ruled the people with an iron hand, but with a love which knows no bounds, and when of late he would mention in an y manner his intention to retire there would be a feeling of regret spring from every heart. But that time has come and he has retired and the people with one voice and with one heart wish him the greatest success during his whole life. After Bishop Cutler's resignation the Lehi Ward was divided into four wards. On 1 January 1904 members of the new First Ward, comprising the southern part of town, were assigned to meet in the Meeting House under the direction of Bishop Andrew Fjeld. The Second Ward, the north central part of town, held its meetings in the basement of the new Tabernacle under Bishop James H. Gardner's leadership. The Northwest Branch building became Third Ward Bishop Henry Lewis's stewardship. Bishop John Stoker's Fourth Ward congregation, consisting of the northeast quadrant of town, met in the Lehi Commercial and Savings Bank building on the southeast corner of State at Second East. During the first five years of the twentieth century large numbers of Lehi citizens moved away from the community, seeking their fortune elsewhere. "Lehi is becoming the city of homes without occupants," noted the 18 February 1904 Banner. "Some of the old timers say Lehi is the deadest it has been for twenty years," the paper added; "nervous people who need a quiet rest are advised to come here." The success of the Lehi Sugar Factory had resulted in the building of new company plants at Garland, Utah (1903), Idaho Falls, Idaho (1903), Sugar City, Idaho (1904), Blackfoot, Idaho (1904), and Nampa, Idaho (1906). Many local men, trained in Lehi's factory, moved to these areas to establish and operate the new plants. Homesteading opportunities in Alberta, Canada, also attracted Lehi farmers and ranchers and many moved to the Magrath and Raymond areas. Despite notable business failures and the exodus of some families from the community, Lehi's commercial district continued to grow . Dentist E. C. Merrihew erected an office at 72 West Main (1898), and Ned Darling remodeled the old Jonas Holdsworth home into a restaurant and hotel at 159 West Main (1899). Also that year Dr. Robert Steele built his medical office at 60 West Main, and the Lehi Creamery opened for business on East State Road. In 1900 the People's Co-op built a large building at their downtown branch at 189 West Main. The just completed Bennett/ Bradshaw Building at 106 West Main became Kirkwood and Whitman's Log Cabin Saloon. Jodie Dorton opened a new meat market at 120 West Main. Bert Merrihew erected his large drugstore building at 98 West Main. The following year Joseph E. Dorton built a butcher shop at 46 West Main. The Lehi Mercantile opened in the Garff Building at 154 West Main. The massive Ross Block, 86 West Main-home of Ross & Ross Mercantile, Wadsworth's Book & Paper Stand, Asher Photog- MEETING HOUSES Evans, called Cutler a "boy-bishop." Despite his youth Cutler was the perfect leader to resolve the strife that had divided the Lehi Ward for nearly a decade. Polished, cultured, and diplomatic, the affable Englishman "soon won the good will and respect of the entire community," wrote Andrew Fjeld.40 One of Bishop Cutler's first official acts was to relocate the Tithing Office from the block west of David Evans's home, where it had been since 1854, to block 85 (on which stood the Cutler home). This move allowed the new bishop to oversee closely the care of the ward's poor and needy, to whom he showed considerable compassion. 41 Thomas Cutler's twenty-four-year tenure as bishop was interrupted by a five-month prison sentence for polygamy. Francis W. Kirkham, a young boy at the time, later recorded the scene from the night of 8 December 1886 when his father, James Kirkham, and Cutler were caught in the mass arrest: How vividly the picture presents itself to me. Pa was expecting John who was staying in the tithing yard to call him at about 4 o'clock in the morning, & of course when he heard a knock at about that hour he said, "All right John I'll be there." Imagine his surprise when a stranger accosted him by saying, "I arrest you in the name of the law." I was laying in the next room, & I was perspiring with excitment. Of course the household was soon up. My mother started a fire & soon had some warm tea for one of the Deputies who was sick. At this raid 5 men were arrested in Lehi, including bishop T.R. Cutler, Pa was summoned to court & he being true to his religion was taken to the Utah Pen (then an Old filthy adobe building) on March 21 1887. 42 Eventually, at least twenty-five Lehi men served time and paid fines for being polygamists. One of these men, William Ball, was extremely distressed by prison life. "Sarah Ann," he wrote to a daughter, "let that canary bird have its freedom, if it has the same feeling about being imprisoned, I am very sorry for it. In the mean time turn it 100se."43 During his imprisonment, Bishop Cutler avowed that if ever released "he would return and stand upon that wall, where the visitors stood, and look down into the yard."44 Perhaps the nightmare of that terrible environment was too vivid for the bishop; he never went back to climb onto those prison walls. He instead returned to Lehi and immersed himself in family, business and church activities. The People's Co-op, which he managed, had become Lehi's leading mercantile, and in 1891 Cutler was appointed the general manager of the Utah Sugar Company. North Branch In the early 1870s two railroads intersected in the area where General Refractories is presently. This area, commonly known as Lehi Junction, became a relatively self-contained community with many homes, stores, railroad-related industries, and a school. Living this far 97 north of the Meeting House meant church-goers had a considerable distance to travel to meeting. On 1 October 1893 Lehi's North Branch was organized and church services were held in the Franklin School under the direction of Thomas R. Jones, branch president. A building committee was organized consisting of Thomas R. Jones, G. W. Brown, W. S. Evans, William W. Clark, George Beck, James P. Carter, and Hyrum Timothy. Within four months after the branch's organization the Junction people had subscribed $700 towards construction of a meetinghouse. Andrew Fjeld and Charles Ohran, local contractors, drew up plans for the building which was to be constructed on the southeast corner of Fifth West and Twelfth North. Work was well under way by mid-August when a scaffold collapsed under Fjeld and a fourteen-year-old-son of W. W. Clark. Though Fjeld was uninjured, the boy's leg was broken. 45 On Sunday, 14 October 1894, worship services were first held in the branch meeting house, though the building was not fully completed. After Bishop Thomas Cutler and his counselors Andrew R. Anderson and William Clark took their seats on the stand, the meeting was called to order by presiding elder Thomas R. Jones. After congregational singing and a prayer by counselor Clark the building committee gave the following report of the $1,656 in expenditures: Size of building 40 ft. 8 inc. by 25 ft. 8 inc. 18 feet to the ceiling. Built of brick on the outside, and lined with adobies on the inside, and is plastered with cement. The rock for the foundation cost including the quarreing and hauling $119.50. The laying of the same $48.00. 25,200 brick, and 36,000 adobies $230.00. Hauling and laying of the same $179.25. Carpenter work, plastering, painting, lime, cement, and lumber, $979.25. Land $100. 46 Many of the old records refer to the North Branch building as Zion's Hill Meeting House because rock for the limestone foundation was quarried from Zion's Hill on the Lake Mountains. Ten days after the first meeting in the new chapel, a terrible incident at the railroad junction resulted in the death of Henry Winn, a young husband and father of three. A crew was climbing on a hand car to travel to a work area when Mr. Price, the section boss, picked up a loaded pistol. The gun accidentally discharged, narrowly missing Price and another man, but striking young Winn in the throat and lower part of his face. He took two faltering steps and collapsed. The following day his funeral was the first of many that would be held in the North Branch Meeting House. 47 Statistical records of the North Branch at the end of 1894 list sixty-four families in the area. In 1896 W. W. Clark succeeded Thomas R. Jones as presiding elder and by the end of 1897 the branch membership had increased to 592 souls. 48 In adition to the usual funerals, weddings, socials, and church services, this Mormon meeting house was 98 RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY the scene of several unusual events. During the Christmas season of 1896 a Lehi correspondent wrote in the 26 December 1896 Deseret News that a group of tramps broke into the building one evening and "held high carnival, singing and playing upon the organ in tramp style before blowing out the lights and leaving." The 31 May 1898 Lehi Banner noted that a "smart Aleck" Peter Smith, showing off for some girls, rode his horse into the building. Justice John Woodhouse gave him three days in jail to "think over his uncivilized conduct and make better resolves for the future." The chimney of the building became infested with bees in 1907 and Sorren Sorenson, after smoking them, removed about 200 pounds of honey.49 When Lehi was divided into four wards in 1903, the North Branch became the home of the new Lehi Third Ward under the direction of Bishop Henry Lewis. In 1955, upon completion of the Third/Seventh Ward building one block east, the old Third Ward Meeting House was sold for a private residence. In 1989 it is the home of the Ross Lamb family. The Lehi Sunday School Soon after the Mormon pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley Richard Ballantine began a Sunday School in his home on 9 July 1848. George G. Zimmerman established a Sunday School in Lehi's Log School in 1851. Israel Evans, Jeremiah Hatch, and Jehial McConnell served as teachers and the four pupils were Joseph Ashton, Peter Lott, Matilda Evans, and Susan Territory. In 1854, when Indian troubles erupted, the Log School House was moved inside the town fort and the Sunday School ended. so Indian difficulties had faded in 1866 when Lehi citizen James W. Taylor and others visited William Paxman's Sunday School in American Fork. Taylor decided to consult Bishop David Evans about establishing such a school in Lehi. The bishop reluctantly gave his consent, fearing that this "English notion," as he termed it, would detract from the sanctity of the Lord's Day.sl Thirty young people attended a May 1866 Sunday School session in the east room of the Southwest School, just west of the Meeting House. The teachers of this organization included Daniel S. Thomas, Israel Evans, William Yates, Martin B. Bushman, James Kirkham, James Gough, Rebecca Standring, Mary Ann Davis, and Margaret Taylor. Books were scarce, but a few readers, spellers, Bibles, and Book of Mormons were used. Before the year was out attendance at Taylor's Sunday School had become so great that classes were moved into the Meeting House. In this same year George Q. Cannon began publishing the Juvenile Instructor, which he devoted to the Sunday School cause. On 11 November 1867, a Sunday School Union was organized with Cannon serving as president. Because of the problems between Bishop David Evans, his son Israel, and several of the leading brethren in the Lehi Ward James W. Taylor was released as superintendent of the Sunday School and replaced by William Yates on 4 August 1872. In addition to the Meeting House Sunday School two other units were established elsewhere in the community. In the northwest part of town (the New Survey) Samuel James first held a Sunday School class in the home of William Thomas, Sr., in 1869. When the Franklin Schoolhouse was completed in 1875 this Sunday School moved there. It was held in the North Branch Meeting House after it was completed in 1894. Another Sunday School was organized in the Northeast School in 1873 under the direction of J . Edgar Ross, the day-school teacher. Three years later, after Lehi Sunday Schools had been conducted for ten years, a statistical report indicated that fifty-seven teachers were teaching 410 students with an average attendance of 380. The fifty-seven classes included the following: Bible and Testament . . Book of Mormon . . . Doctrine and Covenants Juvenile Instructor. Theological . Miscellaneous TOTAL. 15 10 1 1 4 27 57 In 1877 Brigham Young directed ward bishops to include the sacrament in Sunday School exercises because few children were attending the afternoon worship services with their parents. Two years after this instruction, on 2 November 1879, newly sustained Bishop Thomas R. Cutler installed William Yates as general superintendent of the Sunday Schools. James W. Taylor served as first assistant with Edgar Ross as second assistant and Thomas R. Jones third assistant. Each of the assistants was responsible for one of the three Sunday Schools. In 1881 difficulties began to develop in the Sunday Schools. The underlying problem was the "card system" which was used to reward children for attendance. On Sunday each student was issued a small card printed with a Bible scene and a verse of scripture. Ten of these cards could be exchanged for a "second size" card. Ten of these larger cards could then be exchanged for a "ten-cent card" which could be redeemed for face value at the end of the year. Not only did card trading become a popular pastime but the Sunday School had to have sufficient funds for redemption each year. The Northeast Sunday School was evidently the most popular unit in town and Superintendent Ross felt each school should be responsible for raising its own funds. The other schools felt that sectionalism and jealousy would result if financial management was not centralized. This matter remained a source of contention until the fall of 1883 when Bishop Cutler closed the Northeast Sunday School because the 108 RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY There was also an April 1928 issue of the Juvenile Instructor and a 16 May 1928 Lehi Sun. W. W. Dickerson, a Lehi contractor, had placed a billing in the box. There was also a blank check from the State Bank of Lehi, a certificate of promotion from a religion class, and a card with the names of the Heber C. Webb family written on it. A man's handkerchief was wrapped in a Sunday School lesson on Emma Smith. Other miscellaneous items included a pocket knife with T.F.K. (Thomas F . Kirkham) engraved on it, several coins which included a 1924 dime, an 1875 copper penny, a 1922 penny, a 1906 Liberty nickel and a 1914 Indian head nickel, a 1927 penny in a silver holder, an 1858 dime, and three other pennies. 86 In 1989 the old Second Ward property is a leveled dirt lot with nothing to remind anyone of what was once there. But to journalist Betty Fowler, who lives across the street north from the site, and who raised a large family in the ward, the spot is alive with memories. "As long as the building was there," she wrote in 1986, I'd see prettily dressed people, from tots to ancients, strolling across the lawns to enter the church. I'd hear children giving two-and-a-half minute talks, and garishly dressed young men and women climbing from the backs of pickUp trucks loaded with homemade scenery on roads how night. I'd see row upon row of Dorothy Evans' golden topped meat pies, all lined up to sell at bazaars. I'd see Virginia Gurney's crocheted purses and the Strasburg girl's embroidered pillow cases. I'd see patchwork quilts made by the Relief Society sisters, many of them pieced with pieces from Mrs. Crabb's favorite coat that was accidentally torn into patchwork squares. I'd hear choruses led by famous ward singers like Armond Webb, and Alta Ash. I'd remember Mother's Day programs when, for years Sister Crabb took the plant for having the most children. And, I'd see Ken Singleton, President Worlton and Ferrin Gurney as bishops who begged their ward families to obey the commandments. I'd see Gary Jolley leave the chapel to placate his litle son who'd become restless during a meeting. I'd see my Jim reciting a talk when his head just barely showed above the pulpit. His talk was on Faith, and his teacher, Ethel Webb, told him he should memorize the words. He looked like such a young man to be expounding that important gospel principle. I remember an appreciative congregation ooh and aaahhh over Stan Wanlass's background scenery for the road show. It was an immense field with workers picking cotton. We tried to roll it up and save it, but no one knows where it is now. It was magnificent! I can still hear Russ Gray's and Mary Jo Forestier's interpretation of road show roles: Mary Jo was the distressed heroine, and Russ was supposed to be playing a saxophone. We'll always remember Sandra Peterson's rendition of "Suddenly There's a Valley" and Kathryn Dorton's "Indian Love Call". ... The church held memory pictures of when La Vern Sly went downstairs to capture the Scouts for dance practices, and when some Boy Scouts, practicing their knots, tied their buddies so tightly the ties nearly choked and a stranger had to be recruited to untie the knots. The Christmases, Easter Sundays, the many announcements that affected our lives through all those years. The building was [a] reminder of the old-timers and the newcomers, babies blessings, weddings, and banquets, missionary farewells and homecomings. Many of us associate an important event in our lives with a church calling or release. Talents of many ward members were recognized and utilized because of ward assignments. That's all that's left now. Memories. The building is gone. Let's hope that the sacrifices made to build and maintain that building will continue for another magnificent era - starting now. 87 Lehi Third Ward At the time of the division of the Lehi Ward in 1903 Henry Lewis was serving as Branch President of the Lehi North Branch. His counselors were George Glover and Jackson Wanlass, and the branch clerk was Alfred M. Fox. This branch presidency became the original bishopric of the Lehi Third Ward and the North Branch building became the Third Ward Meeting House. In 1917 the building, which had remained relatively unchanged since its completion in 1894, was nearly doubled in size with the addition of a portion running north to south. In 1936 another renovation of the building took place. The outside brick was painted, the stage was remodeled and covered with linoleum, and a lighting system installed to improve ward theatricals. The partition between the upper story classrooms was removed and folding doors were installed so that the two rooms could be made into one conveniently large one. Air conditioning was installed and a blower was placed in the furnace. The roof of the main auditorium was arched, the grounds were leveled, and grass and shrubbery planted. The committee in charge of canvassing the ward members for a promise of labor and funds included Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Trinnaman, Mr. and Mrs. William Hadfield, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gough, and Mrs. Fern Johnson. 88 By 1943 the Third Ward membership had reached eight hundred. Not only was the old building inadequate to meet the needs of that many people, but it had also been condemned as being unsafe. In February 1944, under the direction of Bishop George Ricks, a building committee was selected and a financial assessment levied to each ward family. Various fundraisers were initiated such as bazaars, dances, harvest sales, country fairs, movies, banquets, and the sale of Christmas cards. During World War II the ward was the first in the stake to sell hamburgers at the Lehi Roundup rodeo. Members pooled their meat ration stamps to buy the MEETING HOUSES scarce hamburger. Creative women in the ward designed and built miniature floats for the Lehi parade, and the city paid them for their efforts. Near the war's end the building fund had grown to $13,000. A building site was selected across the street northwest from the old building. 89 Unfortunately, things bogged down at this point and in 1949 new Bishop Harold W. Barnes again gave out financial assessments. Fund raising efforts were stepped up. When $33,000 had been raised, the Presiding Bishopric gave approval for building the new chapel. By this time, however, a different site for the new building had been selected. Groundbreaking ceremonies were held on 14 June 1950 at 1095 North Third West. Prior to the ceremony the area had been roped off into "rooms" and chairs were placed for the congregation on the exact spot where the assembly hall would be built. Old-time Third Ward members who were given the opportunity to turn a shovel full of earth at the building site included Ormus O. Bates, Luther Coates, James C. Gough, Margaret Brems, Charles A. Turner, Mary Turner, George F. Barnes, and James H. Gray.90 Plans for the new building were designed by William Fredrick Thomas, and the $103,000 contract was let to the Oakland Construction Company. Before the facility was completed Lehi Stake leaders announced during a 19 October 1952 meeting in the Tabernacle that they wished to realign the town's five wards into seven. This ward division took place on 28 December 1952. The Sixth Ward was assigned to share a chapel with the First Ward, and the not-yet-completed Third Ward building became the home of the new Seventh Ward as well. 91 The first meetings held in the Third/Seventh Ward chapel were in April 1953, though the facility was not yet paid for. Dedication services were on Sunday, 15 May 1955. Elder Clifford E. Young, an assistant to the Council of the Twelve, offered the dedicatory prayer and sermon. Another modification was made to the building in the late 1950s to accommodate Junior Sunday School facilities, which had been overlooked in the original plans. In 1980 when the new Lehi West Stake Center was completed at 1900 North Fifth West, the Third Ward moved into the building along with the Fifteenth Ward. In 1985 an extensive $600,000 dollar remodeling project on the original Third/Seventh Ward building completely changed both the interior and exterior of the place. This facility now houses the Seventh, Twelfth, and Eighteenth Wards. 92 The original Third Ward chapel was sold for a residence to the Ned Yeater family in 1953. The family lived in the newest portion of the building while the old part was used for a woodworking shop. Ross and Jean Lamb later bought the property for their family residence. The small building to the east, which served first as a Relief Society granary and later a Junior Sunday 109 School room, is presently the residence of Jean Lamb's mother, Greta Miller. Lehi Fourth Ward When the Fourth Ward came into existence on 20 December 1903, Bishop John Stoker with counselors Samuel A. Smith, James B. Clark, and ward clerk Joseph J. Gill constituted the bishopric. For nearly nine years the ward met in the east room on the ground floor of the Lehi Commercial and Savings Bank (206 East State). Curtains were stretched across the large hall to divide it into Sunday School class rooms. The resulting cacaphony of several teachers and students talking at the same time made the presentation of lessons an arduous task. Eventually Sunday School was again held in the Sego Lily School, where it had been conducted prior to the division of the Lehi Ward. One of the most interesting aspects of the establishment of the Fourth Ward was the way the Relief Society leadership was selected. In January 1904, three weeks after the Lehi Ward had been divided, the Alpine Stake Presidency and bishoprics of the First, Second, and Fourth Wards met with the Relief Society sisters of these wards in the Meeting House. After instructions were given by President Stephen L. Chipman, the women divided into their representative ward groups. Each woman then wrote a secret ballot listing in numerical order her choices for the ward Relief Society presidency. Winning the Fourth Ward election was Juliet A. Brown, president, with Amelia Russon and Armitta Clark, counselors. 93 Bishop Stoker and other leaders did not intend for the Lehi Fourth Ward to remain in the bank building and the Sego Lily School for so long. But with the Lehi and Alpine Tabernacles requiring such extensive financial contributions there was little extra money to build a Fourth Ward meetinghouse. Plans for a new chapel were first presented to a ward priesthood meeting on 1 November 1908. A finance committee consisting of Bishop Stoker, George Comer, James Peterson, J. Gilchrist, Elisha Peck, Jr., and John Brown was appointed to "procure means to assist in the building of the ward meeting house.''94 The following spring a piece of property was purchased on the west of Bishop Stoker's home. The money for this transaction was earned by the Relief Society under the capable leadership of Julia Brown. The group held a six-day bazaar in the Lehi Opera House, where they sold enough hot meals and household items to produce a profit of $700. Unfortunately the water table of the property the building committee purchased was too high for digging a foundation. The lot was sold to Harry Stoker for $500 and new property one block east, on the southeast corner of Seventh East and Ninth North, was purchased from Newburn Butt. Excavation work, under the supervision of James Clark, was completed by 8 114 RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY announced the new stake officers. Sustained as President of the Lehi Stake was Dean T . Worlton with Alva Ralph Wing and Arnold C. Pope as counselors. F. Russell Hakes was sustained as president of the Lehi Utah North Stake with his counselors S. Rex Zimmerman and G. Dale Burgess. 109 Groundbreaking ceremonies for the twenty-five-thousand-square-foot North Stake Center were held on 21 September 1974 under the direction of President Hakes. The property, at 851 North Twelfth East, had been purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Russon several years previously. The $958,422 building, designed by architect Eric Sandstrom, was built by the Broderick and Howell Construction Company of Orem. On 15 January 1976 the first church meeting was held in the building when the high council met. In addition to housing the North Stake offices, the building also became the home of the Lehi Fourth and Eleventh Wards. Dedication services for the center were held on 21 November 1976, with President Hakes offering the dedicatory prayer. 110 It took forty-six years of growth before the Lehi Stake was subdivided. Yet a third unit, the Lehi West Stake, was created on 8 May 1983 - just nine years later. This change had been anticipated as early as four years before when a new three-ward stake-size building was begun at Nineteenth North and Fifth West. Elder James E. Faust, a member of the Council of the Twelve, presided over the division. Sustained as president of the North Stake was William A. Miller, with counselors Robert F. Smith and Howard H. Johnson. Boyd Stewart was sustained as president of the new Lehi West Stake, with counselors Johnny Lee Barnes and Ronald L. Thayne. When the $1,330,419 West Stake Center was completed in 1980, it became the headquarters for stake officials as well as the Third and Fifteenth Wards. III Lehi Stake Wards (1989) First .. Second Fifth Sixth Ninth *Tenth *Thirteenth . Sixteenth . 120 West 200 South 300 North 500 East 465 East 300 North 120 West 200 South 465 East 300 North 200 North Center 200 North Center 120 West 200 South Lehi North Stake Wards (1989) *Fourth .. Eighth . . *Eleventh . Fourteenth. *Seventeenth **Nineteenth. 851 892 851 880 851 880 North North North North North North 1200 East 700 East 1200 East 700 East 1200 East 700 East Lehi West Stake Wards (1989) *Third . Seventh Twelfth ·Fifteenth Eighteenth. Cedar Valley . 1900 North 500 West 1095 North 300 West 1095 North 300 West 1900 North 500 West 1095 North 300 West 22 East Center (Cedar Fort) *Wards Meeting in Present Stake Centers ··Single Adult Ward In the 138 years since the organization of the Dry Creek Ward, the LDS church has progressed from a log cabin meeting house with dirt floor to million-dollar buildings with carpeted basketball courts, well-groomed lawns, and space-age satellite dishes. Attendance in Sacrament Meetings has risen from the 10-15 percent of the 1850s to nearly 60 percent in some wards. While ditch-digging, schooling, molasses milling, and other co-operative ventures of the early Lehi ward are now assumed by local businesses or government, the spirit of co-operation within the church has generally been retained. "People Helping People," may be the trademark slogan of a large utility company, but nothing describes better the LDS Church's record for doing good in the community. Non-LDS Churches in Lehi Like nearly every rural community in Utah virtually all of Lehi's founding settlers were Mormons. But many of them were backsliders, "Jack Mormons," or apostates. The" J osephites" or members of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints, based in Independence, Missouri, periodically sent missionaries to try to convert some of these folks into their folds . Even Joseph Smith, III, son of the prophet Joseph Smith, came to Lehi. He spoke in the Lehi Music Hall-though his primary motivation was to interview Melissa Lott Willes, one of Joseph Smith's plural wives. Although there has never been a non-Mormon church built in Lehi, there have been at least two organizations who have held regular services here. The Congregationalists established the New West School on Main Street in 1882. Periodically thereafter the group also held meetings under leadership of various ministers who invited anyone in the community to attend. The group was opposed to polygamy and the autocratic rule of the church. LDS leaders did not like the group's influence. Bishop Thomas Cutler went so far in 1887 as to counsel his congregation "not to send their children to the New West School- if they did the day would come they would be sorry they had ."112 Aside from providing an excellent school the Congregationalists had little long term effect on Lehi. In 1920 the school closed its doors and the mission to convert Mormons to Christianity ended. CHAPTER 32 ~ Artisans and Tradesmen ~ Masons/ Bricklayers All of Lehi's earliest artisans by necessity worked at their trade only part time. There was not enough work for a man to engage in his craft without supplementary income. J. Wiley Norton, who arrived in Lehi in 1853, was the town's pioneer mason. He was also a policeman and later the city attorney. Many of the walls of early adobe homes were built by him. He and a Mr. Howe were the principal masons on the construction of the Lehi Meeting House in the late 1850s. The mortar used in those structures was a clay and sand blend that would not weather well unless properly mixed. At least three of the unusual two-story homes he built in the 1860s are still standing in 1989. The house Norton built for his daughter Amanda and her husband J. Edgar Ross (338 North First East) is now the Ray Hardman home. John Beck's home (791 North First East), which Norton built in 1863, is now Lloyd Strasburg's home. And the John Zimmerman house (86 South Center), built in 1866, is presently owned by Ray Southwick. Other early masons in town were Frenchman Abraham Enough, who also organized the Lehi Fife and Drum Corps in 1860; Norwegian John Andreason who came in 1863; and Englishman Henry Goodey, who arrived the following year. Carl Carlson emigrated from Sweden in the early 1870s to round out the town's international corps of artisans. Carlson, Norton, and Andreason, in addition to constructing many Lehi homes, in 1878 and 1882 also built the three People's Co-op stone buildings still standing at 189-193 East State Street. In 1883 they erected the New West School at 55 West Main and in 1887 rocked up the Lehi Opera House, then the largest building in town. In 1875 Dane Peter Johnson erected the first brick home in Lehi for fellow Scandanavian Peter Christof- ferson. This building at 99 West Main in 1882 became the quarters of the New West School. Another mason of this era was Joseph Kirkham, who in 1876 was called to work on the St. George temple. Olaf Holmstead, who grew up at Pelican Point, left home when he was eighteen (1888) to apprentice as a brickmason in Salt Lake City. He followed this trade in the summer and returned to Pelican Point in the winter to help his father in the family fishing business (see chapter 29). Olaf achieved national attention when he was featured in a 14 May 1940 John Hix syndicated column, "Strange As It Seems." The article noted that forty years after Holmstead's masonry work on the Lehi Sugar Factory, he handled the salvaged brick again when it was used to build the Joseph Smith Memorial Building at Brigham Young University. For more than fifty years Holmstead plied his skills in and about Lehi, working until 10:00 a.m. the morning of his 2 December 1944 death. Among his best known Lehi jobs is the Cutler Mansion (1900), which he and Charles A. Ohran bricked up. But there was scarcely a commercial building in town that he and his long-time friend and partner, Andrew Fjeld, did not either lay brick for or repair. Andrew Fjeld apprenticed as a bricklayer in the 1880s under Carlson, Norton, and Andreason. In 1891 he formed a partnership with Charles Ohran, who had come to Lehi to lay brick on the Lehi Commercial & Savings Bank (206 East State). The two men, along with Olaf Holmstead, worked together for twenty years constructing many homes and commercial buildings, including the Lehi Slaughtering Company butchershop (1893-still standing at 101 West Main); the Northwest Branch/ Third Ward Chapel (1894-still standing at the northeast corner of Fifth West/ Twelfth North); Lehi Fire Station (1901-166 .West Main), the Joseph E. Dorton butchershop (1901-still standing at 46 West 254 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT Prospects for the Lehi Brick Company looked bright. "The old style adobe house is getting out of date," the 14 August 1891 Lehi Banner reported; "you can't afford to build an adobe house when you can buy a first class quality of brick in your own town. By ali means encourage home industry and build up your own town." Salzner & Gray's machine had a capacity for making twenty thousand bricks per day and employed twenty men in the process. The first kiln of brick was burned during the last week of September 1891.1 By mid-1892 Lehi Brick, under new management (Joseph Meirs, Newburn Butt, and William Simmons), became Lehi M. and B. Company. One of the first orders filled by the firm was brick for the large twostory portion of Broadbent & Son. 2 Slater Brick Yard In 1893 Nephi W. Slater applied for work at a Lehi Junction adobe pit being operated by Andrew Fjeld and Abel John Evans. Told there was no work available, Slater and his brothers James S. and Joseph, and brother-in-law John Mitchell, purchased Lehi M. and B. Company from Meirs, Butt, and Simmons. The clay in this area lay on the surface; no stripping of overburden was required to reach the material. Two different types of clay were available in Lehi Junction deposits. The top twelve inches was a uniform redcolored material, whereas the underlying six or eight feet was a light, yellow clay. The clay was loosened by a two-horse "Mormon scraper" which moved the materials into a clay pit where water was added. After the mixture was allowed to temper for twenty-four hours, the gooey substance was shoveled into a horse-powered pug mill where it was thoroughly mixed. After being removed it was thrown into the three-brick molds, marked with a large S, and allowed to dry in the sun. After hardening the bricks were emptied from their molds and stacked in a kiln which the Slater Brothers had built on the site. The brick oven, twelve feet high, sixteen feet wide, and thirty feet long, held 120,000 bricks. The heating (coal was the fuel source) and cooling process required about twenty days for a complete cycle. Slater's brickworks required six men. A day's work was considered finished when one unit (five thousand bricks) had been taken from the pit, molded, and stacked in the kiln. Many homes and buildings in Lehi and surrounding communities are constructed of Slater Brick. The old Third Ward Chapel (the Ross Lamb home in 1989) and the lining of the Lehi High School gymnasium (demolished in 1987) were built of the local brick. Eventually Nephi Slater's brothers drifted into other concerns, and John Mitchell opened a competitive brickyard at the Lehi Junction. "If you are going to build a house that your children can inherit buy your brick of J. Mitchell at Lehi Junction," he advertised in the 3 August 1899 Lehi Banner. But he, like James Powell and Henry Kemp's brickyard (c. 1906), did not stay in business for long. In 1914 Slater and his friend Olaf Holmstead formed Slater and Holmstead Brick Company, but Holmstead withdrew the following year. Eleven years later another prominent Lehi mason, Chase Featherstone, bought out Slater's interest. Within a few years, however, this brick yard became defunct. 3 General Refractories Immediately after the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the Defense Plant Corporation (D.P .C), a federal agency, began constructing defense plants at strategic locations throughout the Intermountain region. The Geneva Steel Plant, which provided jobs to thousands of local people, was built during this period and then leased to U.S. Steel Corporation. A product essential to steel production is fire or refractory brick, which is used to line steel reducing furnaces and coke ovens. Lehi Mayor Dean Prior reported in the 30 April 1942 Lehi Free Press that the D.P.C. had decided to construct a fire brick factory for supplying the furnaces and ovens at Geneva, on the site of the old Slater Brick Yard (10190 North 8800 West). Ryberg Construction Company began work on the $600,000 plant in July 1942. When completed the facility was first leased to the California-based E. M. Smith Company (1943-45), then to Gladding, McBean & Company (1945-46). In August 1946 William A. Hauck, head of the steel division of the War Assets Corporation, came to Lehi to inspect the brick plant. He declared the facility surplus property (the war had ended), and announced it would be placed on the bidding block. General Refractories Company (GREFCO) of Philadelphia, which bid $375,000, became the new owner of the Lehi plant, which at that time included the main manufacturing building, six beehive kilns (each with 100,000-brick capacity) a locker/shower building, office building, storage shed, machine tools, and brickmaking, laboratory, and testing equipment. Wilson C. Rhone, who had been serving as Gladding, McBean & Company superintendent, was hired in the same capacity by General Refractories. By 1949 GREFCO employed forty-five people with an annual payroll of $110,000. The 450,000 bricks manufactured monthly at the plant were shipped to Geneva Steel, Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corporation (Seattle), Columbia Steel (Pittsburg, California), Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation (Pueblo), and the American Smelting and Refining Company (Garfield, Utah). In 1973 Ralph V. Lawrence, division vice-president and general manager of GREFCO, announced a $1 million expansion program at the Lehi Works. The new grinding and burning facility, which created fifteen addi- 298 CIVIC SERVICE though vacant at times, has been a residence since then. Chad and Julie Engstrom purchased the rundown building in 1983 and have nicely renovated what is now one of Lehi's three oldest still-standing public buildings. Franklin School Shortly after completion of the Northeast School the city council received numerous petitions from people living "over the creek" in the northwest part of town. Children of families in this area had a long distance to walk to school and parents wanted a new building somewhere in the "New Survey." To accommodate this section of town the school board purchased a triangular piece of property from James Carter on the west side of Fifth West at State Street. In 1875 a one-room adobe school building was built on this site. Initially the new school was simply called the Northwest School, but in 1898 it was renamed the Franklin School (presumably after Benjamin Franklin). The building, like other schoolhouses in town became the social, religious, and educational center of the neighborhood. Until 1894, when the Northwest Branch Meeting House was completed and community functions shifted to that building, seats and desks in the Franklin School were moved against the walls to accommodate dances and other functions. In the earliest years there were no halls or closets. Coats and lunchbuckets were hung on wallhooks. Emily W. Johnson, who was first a student and later a teacher in the school, remembered the large potbellied stove which stood in the center of the room: "the old stove became a monster to me," she recalled, "roasting those who sat near by and giving little heat to others. It also provided cover for many small pranks."ls At the turn of the century a brick room and hall were added onto the north end of the Franklin School. Emily Johnson in her memories of the building thought that this addition was built in 1897. But it was evidently three years later. The 12 April 1900 Lehi Banner reported that school trustees "will receive bids for the erection and completion of a one room brick school building to be built at the Junction, Lehi City, Said building to be done by contract or by day's labor at option of School Board." As lifelong residents of the J unction recall only one school in the area, both accounts likely refer to the Franklin School. During the summer of 1910 the original adobe portion of the Franklin School was demolished and replaced by a brick room which matched the north portion of the building. At this time a coalburning heater was installed in the southeast corner and a drinking fountain outside the door replaced the water bucket and dipper of former years. The Franklin School was closed in 1926 and James Gough, Jr., bought the 545 West State property three years later. It was later demolished and a new residence built on the site (which is the 1989 home of the Gary Carlton family). Private Schools Numerous private schools were conducted at various periods of Lehi history. The History of Lehi lists a Mrs. Bassett's school on the corner of Fourth West at Second South and another school conducted by a Mr. Purse. Edward Southwick's "Book of Remembrance" lists two other private schools, one in the "Bessinger home" and another in "Hannah Pickle's house" (present site of Memorial Building). The Elisha Peck, Jr., biography noted that he attended the home school of Carrie Ball, "a dear soul [who] used to get us boys and girls around her cook stove in the kitchen and try to teach us our ABC's." The Ball home was on the southeast corner of First East and First North. Peck also recalled another private teacher, Arinda Davis. 16 Sarah L. Smith, plural wife of Lehi blacksmith Joseph J. Smith, also operated a private school in her home at 380 West Main. This adobe building, built in 1865, is the Lyall and Audrey Wilson home in 1989. Jess Fox, longtime Lehi native, told the Wilsons that "I went to school in [the Sarah Smith home] ... there was just plain benches, and they had slates to work on which they held on their laps." Fox also related to the Wilsons that during his earliest school years there was the threat of Indian attack. To provide a place of safety during periodic scares, Sarah Smith had a cellar dug under the building which she and the children could enter by way of a hidden trap door. The Wilsons discovered both this secret entrance and the dugout when remodeling their home. Lehi district schools, like other public schools in the state, were financed through both property taxes and tuition - occasionally paid in produce or other goods. The movement for "free schools" in Utah did not succeed until 1890, when the legislature provided full tax support for elementary education. Much of the influence behind this movement came from the state's nonMormon citizens, who felt that too much Mormonism was being taught in the schools. Small as Lehi was in the 1880s, the town did not escape the sectarian-versusreligious education controversy then swirling about the state. In 1882 Eliphalet Blatchford, representing the Congregationalist Church's Boston-based New West Education Commission, purchased Peter Christofferson's brick home at 99 West Main. The New West School's first teachers were Misses Carter and Winslow. The first four students were Lily and Rose Harwood and Minnie and Eugene Wines, children of prominent non-Mormon families. The size of the student body soon dramatically increased to include primary, intermediate, and academic grades. In 1883 the Commission hired Lehi builders Carl Carlson, J. Wiley Norton, and John Andreason to built a larger school to the east at 55 West Main (1989 site of Lehi Post Office). The original building was used as a · RAILROADS primary mainline. These two lines join at Lynndyl near Leamington. The Utah Division mainline continues on to Las Vegas, Nevada, where it meets the California Division. 12 For a brief period in 1872 a temporary, narrow-gauge branch feeder line linked Lehi and American Fork. The American Fork Railroad Company, incorporated on 3 April 1872 to haul ore and bullion from the Miller Mine in American Fork Canyon, began grading on 20 May 1872 and rail laying on 5 August. The company's first locomotive arrived in Salt Lake City on 3 August 1872 and was shipped to the end of Utah Southern's track at Lehi Junction. The seventeen-ton engine then steamed under its own power on five miles of temporary track skids to American Fork where it was placed on the permanent track being built northward towards the canyon. Under President Lloyd Aspinwall's direction, by 10 October, sixteen miles of American Fork Railroad track were laid to Deer Creek (present site of Tibbie Fork Reservoir). An additional five miles was graded to Forest City, but this was never railed. Though much silver, gold, and lead ore was mined in the canyon, the narrowgauge line proved unprofitable. To cut expenses, engines towed the empty cars up the severe three-hundred-footper-mile canyon grade, where they were loaded. They were then allowed to coast back down while strongarmed brakemen struggled to prevent runaways. Before the line was eventually abandoned in June 1878-the first failed railroad in Utah-mules were used to pull the ore cars up the steep canyon grade. When the track was scrapped the rails were sold to Utah & Pleasant Valley Railway Company.13 The second of four railroads to transverse Lehi was the Salt Lake & Western, incorporated 30 May 1881 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusets. Prior to the building of this line, ore from the rich veins in the Tintic Mining District (which began to produce in abundance after 1869) had to be hauled by wagon down the canyon near Homansville, up the west side of Utah Lake, across the Lehi-Jordan Bridge, and around the Point of the Mountain to Salt Lake smelters. In November 1872 the Lehi and Tintic Railroad was incorporated with intent to link the two areas. The businessmen behind the venture could not raise sufficient capital, however, and the idea was abandoned. 14 The fifty-eight miles of track eventually laid by the S.L. & Western left the Utah Southern line at Lehi Junction, northwest of town, crossed a trestle over the Jordan River, and followed the historic Overland and Pony Express Trail west through Cedar Valley, Five Mile Pass, and Rush Valley before reaching the mining areas of Silver City, Mammoth, Diamond, and Eureka. In 1889 the S.L. & Western was consolidated into the Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway and henceforth known as the Salt Lake Route. Major improvements were made in the track system at Lehi 389 Junction in 1897 when a Y was installed with a large switching mechanism. In 1894 the Salt Lake & Mercur Railroad, serving the gold camps of Mercur and Manning, branched thirteen and a half miles westerly from the Salt Lake Route near Fairfield. Though the route from Topliff south to Tintic Junction was abandoned by Union Pacific in 1905, Shay engines continued to negotiate the steep 4 percent grade of the S.L. & Mercur feeder line until 15 November 1913. 15 Several important industries in addition to heavy metal mining were served by the Salt Lake Route. The manufacturing of sugar at the Lehi works of the Utah Sugar Company required tons of limestone. A major source was Topliff, a spur on the S.L. & Western in the early 1890s. Fairfield was also a central point for extensive sheep ranching, and large shipments of wool were made on the railroad during shearing time. The firebrick industry, which had extensive clay beds six miles west of Lehi at Clinton, was also served from the turn of the century until the 1940s. Deep snows often hampered the S.L. & Western's run west of Eureka, and at least one wreck occurred on the line. In the fall of 1905 limestone shipments from Topliff were being made round-the-clock to keep up with the Lehi Sugar Factory's orders. An engine and a number of loaded units had passed safely over a broken rail about one mile east of the Fairfield switch. But a large car filled with fifty tons of rock caused enough damage to the track that a passenger coach broke loose and rolled down an embankment. As the car turned over twice, the thirteen passengers, a hot stove, lamps, and loose furniture were flung helter-skelter about the car. Fortunately no one was killed though everyone suffered bruises, cuts, or broken bones. The engine proceeded on to Lehi Junction for help.16 Lehi Junction, starting point for the S.L. & Western, was a relatively self-contained community which began to develop soon after a depot was built there in late 1881. The Franklin School was completed in the area in 1875, and in 1894 Lehi's second Mormon Meetinghouse, the Northwest Branch or old Third Ward, was constructed at the Southeast corner of Fifth West and Twelfth North. The railroads were the economic lifeblood of the J unction, spawning general stores, leaching works, brickyards, assay offices, and an artificial stone plant. The dominant buildings in the area were the railroad facilities. In addition to a depot where agents Eleazer Evans, Mosiah Evans, Lou Oakley, Sam Stark, S. M. Parker, F. H. Heidenreich, John Woods, W. L. Gether, and John A. Cottrell sold tickets and handled freight, there was a large roundhouse and machine shop, both of which were desq'oyed in a freak gust of wind on 2 October 1884.17 Though rebuilt and used for another four decades, the roundhouse was again destroyed in 1922. A Union RAlLROADS Though the 1920 interurban was servlcmg more than sixty businesses on spur lines, transporting three thousand passengers on daily runs of thirty-six trains, its prosperity began to falter during the Great Depression. In 1931 the company sponsored a contest to increase public interest in the railroad and to "secure suggestions as to the most practical way in which this road can increase its revenue."29 By 1934 revenues from the Lehi and American Fork stations had dropped to the point where the two agent positions were reduced to one. Agent W. C. Hansen, living in the Lehi depot, henceforth divided his time between the two stations. Salt Lake & Utah officials in 1937 petitioned for sale of the line, declaring themselves unable to pay receivership indebtedness and taxes of more than $500,000. But Walker Bank and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation were able to arrange a compromise which gave the road another decade of life. By 1944 the line was running only seven passenger trains daily between Salt Lake, Payson, and all intermediate points. The company had sold its bus and trucking lines to concentrate its energies on the railroad. The efforts could not save the line. The 2 August 1946 Lehi Free Press announced that Salt Lake & Utah Railroad assets had been sold in auction. The corporation was dissolved by Judge Clarence E. Baker on 27 December 1946. The Denver & Rio Grande and the Bamberger Railroads purchased most of the trackage and equipment. Raymond Stewart, owner of the Lehi Cereal Mill, purchased the track on Third North for salvage. Jack Beveridge successfully bid $4,000 for the Lehi depot and in 1947 sold it to Jack and Elroy M. Lamph, who converted it into an automobile repair shop. It was later remodeled into a residence, and remains a private home in 1989. A history of railroads would not be complete without a discussion of the men who rode the rails. Trainmen were part of a fraternity whose members worked their way up the organization and were proud of their professional skills. The engineer typically started as a wiper, swabbing grime from locomotives. The lordly passenger-train conductor usually began as a brakeman with the dangerous job of coupling cars. United by shared pride in their jobs and perils, railroad men experienced a deep sense of kinship. There was another brotherhood of free-riding railroaders who were not company employees. Lynn Adrian, an assistant professor of American studies at the University of Alabama, in a article reported in the 4 February 1987 Herald Magazine, divides these transients into three groups: "A hobo was a person who wandered and worked; a tramp wandered and wouldn't work; a bum couldn't wander and wouldn't work." Most of these wandering hobos or casual laborers were men with no home or family ties. They were essential to the economy of the western states. They brought in wheat, 393 picked fruit, manned construction crews, thinned sugar beets. Almost all of their work was seasonal or temporary; and when it was finished they moved on, carrying their bedroll or "bindle" on their back. To most Lehi residents hoboes looked much the same as tramps and bums. When they were "riding the rails" traveling unticketed by freight train, behavior illegal but usually tolerated - the men were dirty, poorly clothed, unshaven, and ripe to the nose. Hobo life, which ended for the most part in the late 1930s, is closely intertwined with the history of American railroads. Hobo subculture added much spice to our language. Lice, ever-present traveling companions, were called "crumbs," "cooties," and "seam-squirrels." The term "buggy," as in crazy, originated with the crawling agony of headlice. "Carrying the banner" meant walking all night to keep from being arrested by "bulls" who "collared" those who were "on the lam" or fleeing. "Hobo jungles," dangerous and forbidden places in the imagination of children and many adults, were camps near railroads where the men, and sometimes women, could rest, eat Mulligan stew from a large pot to which they added a bit of food, and delouse by "boiling up" their clothes in large communal barrels while awaiting the next freight. Lehi experienced many colorful incidents involving rail transients in addition to routine panhandling and garden looting. A large California group of "Coxey's Industrial Army," under "General Carter," arrived in town in 1894 and were allowed to camp along Dry Creek at State Road. The unemployed men, inspired by Jacob Coxey, were on their way to Washington, D.C., a "petition in boots," demanding federal action to create jobs. On 12 May 1894 the group broke camp and stole a locomotive at Lehi Junction and proceeded to Provo, where law enforcement officials derailed the engine. Governor West called out the militia and deputy marshals, who arrested twenty-seven of the "Industrials," including Carter. On May 18 the General and nineteen of his followers were sent to the territorial prison for "stealing a railroad train."30 The Industrials were not the last railroad itinerants to cause trouble for Lehi. A local correspondent to the 5 September 1896 Deseret News noted that "the tramp nuisance is becoming most unbearable here." He went on to explain a recent incident where twelve drunken tramps at the Junction kept people out of their beds until 12:30 a.m., "watching their premises," before police officers could get the rowdies to move on. A short time before Christmas that same year, another group broke into the Northwest Branch (old Third Ward) chapel, The men "held high carnival," according to the Lehi correspondent in the 26 December 1896 Deseret News, "singing and .playing upon the organ in tramp style" before blowing out the lights and leaving. A group of tramps in the fall of 1897 retreated to a grove of trees on the present site of the Rodeo Grounds 410 1989 1903 1917 1929 1936 1937 1943 1946 1948 1950 1955 1961 1966 1969 1972 1977 1983 APPENDICES Arlund Lewis, Jr. Arden F. Tuckett, Bishop Melvin P. Anderson Roger L. Faddis Lehi Second Ward Bishoprics James H . Gardner, Bishop Andrew C. Pearson William F. Gurney James M . Kirkham J. William Wing Samuel 1. Goodwin, Bishop Robert J. Whipple Heber C. Webb George S. Peterson Samuel 1. Goodwin, Bishop Heber C. Webb George S. Peterson Samuel 1. Goodwin, Bishop Heber C. Webb Cecil L. Ash Ernest N. Webb, Bishop Hyrum C. Evans Cecil L. Ash Ernest N. Webb, Bishop Cecil L. Ash Clell Jackson Cecil L. Ash, Bishop Clell Jackson Lynn R. Webb Cecil L. Ash, Bishop Clell Jackson Vern W. Webb J . Ferrin Gurney, Bishop Clovis L. Hill Leo Loveridge A. Eugene Hilton, Bishop Keith L. Larsen Lane P. Hall Vernon L. Blamires Kenneth D. Singleton, Bishop Vern W. Webb John B. Cooper William J. Price Dean T. Worlton, Bishop William J. Price John J . Gray William J. Price, Bishop John J. Gray Glade L. Dalton G. Bryant Strasburg, Bishop Andrew W. Rasmussen Jerry J . Harris Bruce L. Webb, Bishop Blaine W. Adamson Donald L. Worlton C. Wesley Dalley Richard H . Eddington, Bishop Dale H. Price 1987 1903 1910 1923 1926 1928 1933 1942 1949 1956 1966 1972 1977 1979 1984 1903 J. Nicholas Webb Jerry J. Harris Kevin Rarick Kendell Strong Lehi Third Ward Bishoprics Henry Lewis, Bishop George Glover Jackson Wanlass Henry Lewis, Bishop W. W. Dickerson William Hadfield William Hadfield , Bishop W. W. Dickerson John Hutchings William Hadfield, Bishop W. W. Dickerson James H . Gray William Hadfield, Bishop James H. Gray Arnold Brems Isaac W . Fox, Bishop Charles Johnson Harold W . Barnes George A. Ricks, Bishop L. Carlos Coates Eldred W . Fox Harold W. Barnes, Bishop Vernon Nielson Clive Beal L. Carlos Coates, Bishop Karl E. Webb Harry G. Manning Heber G. Hadfield Eldred W. Fox, Bishop Oral Curtis James D. Allred Darrel Curtis Ronald E . Thayn Verl B. Coates, Bishop Reed L. Sunderland Karl L. Moore H. Jay Nielsen Ronald E . Thayn, Bishop Raymond J. Smith Richard L. Phelps L. Dwayne Colledge, Bishop Wesley J. Elton Reed A. Wade Richard L. Phelps, Bishop Val Tucker Gerald L. Christiansen Lehi Fourth Ward Bishoprics John Stoker, Bishop Samuel A . Smith James B. Clark Robert Fox Thomas L. Peterson · . 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Utah Certified Local Government: __~L~e~h~i~_____________________________________ Submitted by: Nelson Knight Date: Feb. 1998 Evaluation: -K- Approved by staff -- Submitted to the Board of State History Returned for corrections or additional information (see below) Rejected by staff (see below) Evaluated by: Julie Osborne Date: Feb. 1998 Checklist of items required for each nomination -K-... * * * * ~ -K-- Nomination form completed per National Register guidelines (Bulletin 16A) . Completed CLG approval letter (if located within an active CLG) . U.S. Geological Survey map (7.5 or 15 minute only) with location of the site marked in pencil. At least five, 35 mm color slides showing all sides of the structure and significant interior details. At least two, high-quality 7" x 10" full-frame, glossy, black-and-white, photographs with accompanying negatives. Photos should show principal facade and rear and/or side elevations. Name and mailing address of the property owner. Copy of all research materials. Comments Good nominations. Photos and maps en route. ()18 NPS Forti 10· 900 No . 10024·0018 (Oct . 1990) Utah Wo<dPerfect 5. 1 Fonoat (Rev1sed Feb. 1993) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This fonn is for use in naninating or requesting detenninations of eligibility for individual properties or districts . See instructions in HCN to CC1IJ)lete the National Register of Historic Places Form (National Register Bulletin 16A): Canplete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable ." For functions , architectural classification , materials . and areas of significance , enter only categories and subcategories fran the instructions . Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Fonn 10-900al. Use a typewriter, word processor, or canputer to canplete all items . historic name Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse other names/site number Lehi Third Ward Meetinghoyse street & number _ ....'u'.L90........N ...o...r....th.......5...0...0....W.... ,e s...t~_________________ city or town ....Llo.leiLhu,i__________________________ state Utah code -YL- COU'lty -..JUl£JtloJliawh____________ code -HLA- not for publication -HLA- vicinity ~ zip code 84043- As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this -X-nomination _request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property -X-meets _does not meet the National Register criteria. I reconmend that this property be considered significant _nationally _statewide -X-locally. ( _ See continuation sheet for additional conments.) Signature of certifying official/Title Date Utah DiYision of State History_ Office of Historic preseryation State or Federal a enc and bureau In mY opinion, the property _meets _does not meet the National Register criteria. continuation sheet for additional conments.) Signature of certifying official/Title ( _ See Date State or Federal a enc and bureau I hereby certify that this property is: _ _ _ entered in the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined eligible for the National Register. _ See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the National Register. removed from the National Register. _ other, (explain:) ____________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action Lebi. Utah County. Utah City, County, and State Lehi North Branch Meetinghoyse Name of Property Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as app 1y) .JL _ _ _ private public-local public-State public-Federal Category of Property Number of Resources within Property not include previously listed resources in the count . ) (Check only one box) (Do .JL bui lding(s) _ district site _ structure _ object Contributing Noncontributing 1 _________________ _________________ _________________ buildings sites structures objects ..----...J0It----- Total _ _...1...._ _ _ _ _ Name of related multiple property listing (Enter ' N/A' if property is not part of a I1llltiple property listing . ) Historic and Architectyral Resoyrces of Lehi. Utah Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) RELIGION/religioys facility Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) MID 19TH CENTURY; Gothic Reyiyal LATE YICTORIAN; Rgmanesqye LATE 19TH ANP 20TH CENTURY REYIVALS; Classical Reyiyal Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Regist,r NIA Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIClsingle dwelling Materials (Enter categories from instructions) foundation Limestone walls BRICK roof ASPHALT other ___________________ Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets,) .JL See continuation sheet(s) for Section No. 7 D Lehj North Bran~h Meetjnghouse Name of Property Lehj. Utah County. Utah City, County, and State Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" on one or more lines for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) -X- A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" on all that apply.) Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) Property is: A owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. B removed from its original location. C a birthplace or grave. D a cemetery. E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. F a commemorative property. G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. RELIGION Period of Significance 1894-1945 Significant Dates 1894 1917 Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) N/A Cultural Affiliation N/A Architect/Builder Andrew Fjeld. Charles Ohran. desjgners/bujlders Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) -X- See continuation sheet(s) for Section No.8 Bibl iography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): ___ preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested ___ previously listed in the National Register ___ previously determined eligible by the National Register ___ designated a National Historic Landmark ___ recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey #_------ ___ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # ________________ Primary location of additional data: ___ State Historic Preservation Office ___ Other State agency ___ Federal agency ___ Local government ___ University Other Name of repository: -X- See continuation sheet(s) for Section No.9 .. Lehi North Branch Meetinghoyse Name of Property Acreage of property Lehi. Utah County. Utah City, County, and State 0.54 acres UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) A -1LZZone C--L- 4/2/7/4/1/0 Easting IIIII 4/4t711l4/910 Northing I I I I I I B--LIIIII Zone Easting O--L- 1IIIl I I I I I I Northing I I I I I I Verbal Boyndary pescription (Describe the boundaries of the property.) Commencing N 1110.60 ft and E 611.67 ft from monument at center Section 8, T5S, Rl&, SLMi N 90.90 fti S 89 deg 38'E 253.97 fti S 4 deg 49'W 6.251 fti S 89 deg 40'34"E 7.212 fti S 4 deg 04'56"W 87.96~ fti N 88 deg 56'W 254.433 ft to begiming. Property Tax No. 12:037:0010:213 ___ See continuation sheetes) for Section No. 10 Boundary Justification (Explain wby the boundaries were selected.) The boundaries of the nominated property include the entire parcel currently and historically associated with the building. ___ See continuation sheet(s) for Section No. 10 name/title Nelson W. Knight/Architectural Historian date July, 1927 organization Smith Hyatt Architects telephone <891 )298-1666 street & number 845 S. Main Street ci ty or town __________________________ state --YI-- zip code 84010....IB~oyn,Q,Wu.t.LjfLlul.ll Submit the following items with the completed form: • Continuation Sheets • Maps: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and/or properties having large acreage or numerous resources. • Photographs: Representative black and white photographs of the property. • Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items.) name Ross and Jean Lamb street & number 1190 North 500 West city or town --JLOJeilJhu.i________________________ telephone not published state --YI-- zip code 84043- Paperwork. Reduct10n Act Statl!llellt: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nOOlinate properties for listing or detennine eligibility for listing . to list properties . and to amend existing listings . Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act . as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.>. Est1uted Burden Statl!llellt: PubliC reporting burden for this fonn is estimated to average 1B.1 hours per response including time for reviewing instructions . gathering and maintaining data . and cOOlpleting and reviewing the fonn. Direct cOOlments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this fonn to the Chief. Achinistrative Services Division . National Park Service. P.O. Box 37127. Washington . DC 20013· 7127 : and the Office of Management and Budget . Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024·001B) . Washington . DC 20503. (J1l NPS Form 10-900 -a Utah WordPerfect 5. 1 Format (Rev1sed Feb . 1993) No. 10024 -0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. -1- Page __1__ Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse, Lehi, Utah County, UT Narrative Description The 1894 North Branch Meetinghouse is located on the southeast corner of 1200 North and 500 West Streets in Lehi, Utah. The area, located approximately 1-% miles north of downtown Lehi, was historically known as Lehi Junction, after the junction of two rail lines nearby. The area has now been absorbed into the suburban fabric of present-day Lehi, although the Meetinghouse occupies a corner that retains a relatively large amount of rural character. The present building consists of the original rectangular block meetinghouse (built 1894), and a 1917 crosswing addition. The 1894 portion is the present west wing of the building. Primarily Gothic revival in style, the original building also incorporates Romanesque revival and classical motifs. The building's designers/builders were local masons Andrew Fjeld and Charles Ohran. Though untrained, they designed a simple, well-proportioned building that draws upon several stylistic traditions in a harmonious way. The Gothic revival style of the building was the most popular style for Mormon church buildings around the time of this building's construction, while the classical elements reflect styles popular early in Utah's settlement. The meetinghouse's walls rest on a foundation o!JlJJ.le limestone obtained from a quarry at Zion's Hill, in the Lake Mountains southwest of Lehi.\~he grey walls of the building are of brick obtained from Slater Brick, a Lehi brickyard. Projecting brick false buttresses are spaced evenly along the~walls of the building . Gothic arched double hung windows light the main interior space~s portion which was once the chapel. A steeply pitched gable roof with overhanging eaves IS accented by a stepped brick cornice. The main entry to the building is on the west facade, through a one story, classically styled foyer. It appears that this foyer was added in the 1936 renovation. Over the porch, inset in the brick and topped by a roman arch, is a sandstone tablet noting the building's date of construction . A similar tablet adorns the north wing of the building, which was constructed in 1917. This addition, which almost doubled the size of the building, is of brick matching the original construction. Rectangular double-hung windows (now obscured by aluminum storm sashes) belie the original classroom and office functions of the interior of the addition. A second entry at the northwest corner of the building reflects the prairie style popular in Mormon construction of the time of the addition. A stair tower on the east side of the building also reflects the prairie style with its concrete capped parapet wall. The building was extensively renovated in 1936. The outside brick was painted, the stage was remodeled and covered with linoleum, and a lighting system installed to improve ward theatricals. The partition between the upper story classrooms was removed and folding doors were installed in its place. Air conditioning was installed and a blower was placed in the furnace. The roof of the main auditorium (located in the 1894 portion) was arched, the grounds were leveled, and grass and shrubbery planted. In 1953, the ward moved to a new building and the building was sold to a private owner. At that time, several changes to the building were made to better accommodate its new function as a residence. Dormers were added to the north wing roof, and the interior configuration was modified. The current owners have embarked on a systematic restoration of the building. The exterior walls have been stripped of paint and returned to their original bare state. The former chapel has been returned to much the same as it was. Restoration work continues at this writing (1997). see continuation sheet (/ /} ()1B NPS Form 10-900-a utah WordPerfect 5.1 Format (Revised Feb . 1993) No. 10014 -0016 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse, Lehi, Utah County, UT Narrative Statement of Significance The North Branch Meetinghouse, located at 1190 N. 500 West in Lehi, is the only surviving historic Mormon Church meetinghouse in Lehi. The rest of Lehi's several meetinghouses, including the large and elaborate Lehi Tabernacle, have been demolished and replaced with new buildings. For this reason, as well as for its association with the cultural and religious life of Lehi as outlined in the "Historic and Architectural Resources of Lehi, Utah" Multiple Property Submittal, the building is historically significant under Criterion A. The Gothic Revival style church was built in 1894. This coincided with the creation of the North Branch of the Utah Stake to accommodate growth in Lehi Junction, the area northwest of downtown Lehi surrounding the junction of two rail lines. Later, after the 1903 reorganization of the L.D.S. Church in Lehi, the building housed the Lehi Third Ward. After an addition in 1917 and a renovation in 1936, the building was replaced by a new building on another site, and the former church found a new use as a private residence , which it remains today. In the early 1870 ~ two railroads, the Salt Lake & Western (later the Oregon Short Line and the Utah Northern Line) and the Utah Southern Line, intersected in the area northwest of downtown Lehi. This area was soon dubbed Lehi Junction. Lehi Junction became a relatively self-contained community over the next two decades, with many homes, stores, railroadrelated businesses, and a school. Lehi Junction prospered in the 189ch, when mining towns west of Lehi began to ship their ore on a spur line of the Salt Lake..a.w. Western to Lehi Junction. Most of the residents of the area, like all of Lehi, were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, known popularly as the Mormon, or L.D.S. Church. The growing population of Lehi Junction first attended church meetings in the downtown Lehi Meetinghouse, located on the corner of First South and Center Streets, some distance away from Lehi Junction. This inconvenience led to the formation of Lehi's North Branch on October 1, 1893. Thomas R. Jones was appointed the first branch president. Jones also headed the branch building committee, established soon after the formation of the branch. Within four months of the branch's organization , $700 had been raised toward construction of a meetinghouse.1 The North Branch building committee chose a site for the building at the corner of Fifth West and Twelfth North. The committee also engaged Andrew Fjeld and Charles Ohran, local contractors, to design and build the new meetinghouse. Fjeld and Ohran, along with additional partner Olaf Holmstead, were a successful partnership in Lehi from 1891 until 1911 . 1Van Wagoner, 97. Andrew Fjeld, a native of Lehi, apprenticed as a bricklayer in Lehi in the 1880s. In 1891 he teamed with Charles Ohran, who had come to Lehi to lay brick on the Lehi Commercial and Savings Bank BUilding. 2 Together with Olaf Holmstead, the pair constructed a sizable number of Lehi's homes and commercial bUildings. 3 The North Branch Meetinghouse, designed and built by Fjeld and Ohran, is an excellent example of the partnership's work. The primary building material was brick, a logical choice for a builder trained principally as a mason. Bricks were obtained from Slater Brick, a local brickyard. Limestone for the foundation was quarried from Zion's Hill in the Lake Mountains southwest of Lehi. For this reason, the building is sometimes referred to in early documents as the Zion's Hill Meetinghouse. 4 On Sunday, October 14, 1894, worship services were first held in the branch meetinghouse, although the. building was not fully completed. During the service, the building committee gave the following report of the $1,656 in expenditures: Size of building 40 ft. 8 inc. by 25 ft. 8 inc. 18 feet to the ceiling. Built of brick on the outside, and lined with adobies on the inside, and is plastered with cement. The rock for the foundation cost including the quarreing and hauling $119.50. The laying of the same $48.00. 25,200 brick, and 36,000 adobies $230.00. Hauling and laying of the same $179.25. Carpenter work, plastering, painting, lime, cement, and lumber, $979.25. Land $100. 5 Statistical records of the North Branch at the end of 1894 list sixty-four families in the area. In 1896 W.W. Clark succeeded Thomas R. Jones as branch president. In 1897 the branch membership was listed as 592.6 In 1903, the L.D.S. Church in Lehi numbered 2,500 members, one of the largest congregations in existence and one which could not be accommodated in any building in the city. Accordingly, the ward reorganized following the resignation of longtime Lehi Ward Bishop Thomas R. Cutler. Four new wards were formed in new Lehi Stake; the North Branch Meetinghouse became the new home of the Lehi Third Ward. Henry Lewis, the president of the North Branch at the time, was appointed the new ward's first bishop. Membership continued to expand in the following years; by 1917 it had grown to an extent that the original Meetinghouse was no longer large enough to suit the ward's needs. The building had remained relatively unchanged since its completion; the 1917 renovation nearly doubled the building's size. A new cross-wing was added to the east end of the building. The addition included new classroom and office space to the building. In 1936 another renovation of the building took place. The outside brick was painted, the stage was remodeled and covered with linoleum, and a lighting system installed to improve ward theatricals. The partition between the folding doors was removed and folding doors were installed so the two rooms could be made into one conveniently large space. Air conditioning was installed and a blower 2206 E. State - nominated to the National Register in 1997 as part of the Lehi MPS. lyan Wagoner, 223. 4Van Wagoner, 97. 5Lehj Banner, 25 October 1894, qtd. in Van Wagoner, 97. 6"Historyof Lehi Ward, n.d., qtd. in Van Wagoner, 97. was placed in the furnace. The roof of the main auditorium was arched, the grounds were leveled, and grass and shrubbery planted. 7 Despite this renovation, the building soon no longer met the needs of the congregation, which now numbered over eight hundred. The ward leadership formed a building committee in 1944 and fund-raising for a new building began. Final plans were delay~d, so construction at the site of the new building, 1095 North 300 West, did not begin until 1950. The Third Ward moved into the new building in 1953. 8 The original North Branch Meetinghouse was sold in 1953 to the Ned Yeater family and was converted into a private residence. The building was altered to fit its new use, but still retained many of its distinctive interior and exterior features. In 1968, the current owners, Ross and Jean Lamb, purchased the former church. They are engaged in an ongoing restoration of the building. Van Wagoner, 108. 7 Bvan Wagoner, 108. ()1S NPS Form 10 ·900· a Utah WOrdPerfect 5. 1 Format (Rev1sed Feb . 1993) No. 10024·0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation S t Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse, Lehi, Utah County, UT Bibliography Arrington. Leonard J .. Beet Sugar in the West: A History of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company. 1891-1966. Seattle. Washington : University of Washington Press . 1966 . - - - . Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic History of the Latter-Day Saints. 1858l2UQ. Cambridge. Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 1958. Carter. Thomas and Peter Goss. Utah's Historic Architecture. 1847-1940. Salt Lake City . Utah : University of Utah Graduate School of Architecture and Utah State Historical SOCiety. 1985. Daughters of Utah Pioneers of Utah County . Memories That Liye : Utah County Centennial History. Springville. Utah : Art City Publishing. 1947 . Kirkham. Thomas F. . ed. and compo Lehi Centennial History 1850 -1950 (including reprint of Hamilton Gardner's History of Lehi [Salt Lake City: Deseret News. 1913J). Lehi. Utah: Lehi Free Press Publishing Co .. 1950. "Lehi Reconnaissance Level Survey." prepared by Allen Roberts. AlA. for the Utah State Historic Preservation Office. October. 1992. and February. 1994. Copy on file at the Utah SHPO. Owens. G.. Salt Lake City Directory. Including a Business Directory of Provo. Springville. and Ogden. Utah Territory. Salt Lake City. 1867 . Polk. R.L .. &Co .. provo City Directory . Salt Lake City: 1903-1987. R.L. Polk &Co . . 1891-92. Polk. R.L. . &Co . . Utah State Gazeteer and Business Directory. Salt Lake City: Tribune Job Printing Co . . 1900-1931. Reeder . Cl arence Andrew. Jr . . "The Hi story of Utah s Rail roads. 1869-1883." unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. University of Utah. 1970. I Sanborn Map Company. New York . Insurance Maps of Lehi. Utah. 1890. 1898 . 1907. 1922. 1934. Richard S. Van Wagoner. Lehi: Portraits of a Utah Town. Lehi . Utah: Lehi City Corporation. 1990. See continuation sheet I - 016 No . 10024·0016 NPS Fom 10 ·900·a Utah WordPer fect 5. 1 Format (Rev1se<i Feb . 1993) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. PHOTOS Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse, Lehi, Utah County, UT Common Information 1. Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse 2. Lehi, Utah County, Utah 3. Photographer: Kim A. Hyatt 4. Date: June, 1997 5. Negative on file at Utah SHPO. Photo No.1 6. NW elevation of building. Camera facing SE. Photo No.2 6. SE elevation of building . Camera facing SW. ___ See continuation sheet OMB No. 10024-0018 NPS Form 1()'900 (Oct. 1990) Utah WonIPertecI 5.1 Format ( R _ Feb. 1993) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategOries from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-9OOa). Use a tyj)ewriter, word processor, or computer to complete all items. 1. Name ofProperty historic name Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse other names/site number Lehi Third Ward Meetinghouse, Zion's Hill Meetinghouse l!!lA. not for publication street & number 1190 North 500 West city or town state Utah .....L.,!s:;.ehUJiL...-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ code III county code 049 IItah N/A vicinity zip code 84043 3.StateJFederalAgency Certification As the deSignated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this ~nomination _request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property Xmeets _does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant _nationally _statewide Xlocally. See continuation sheet for additional comments.) <- ~A-----L.....,I.~lo-.-.-~fL../.-J y -"---L ' .,.L.....:l}£..L.f.a. Utah Division of State Historv. Office of Historic Preservation State or Federal agenc and bureau In my opinion, the property _meets _does not meet the National Register criteria. additional comments.) Signature of certifying officiallTitle <- See continuation sheet for Date State or Federal a enc and bureau 4•.NationalPatkSerYice Certification . I hereby certify that this property is: _ entered in the National Register. See continuation sheet. _ determined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. _ determined not eligible for the National Register. _ removed from the National Register. _ other, (explain:),_ _ _ _ __ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action DateUated 1t;L1 "-{ /9 B Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse Name of Property Lehi. Utah Coynty, Utah City, County, and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) LPrivate Category of Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) ..1l building( s) Contributing _ public-local _ public-State Number of Resources within Property (Check only one box) district Non-contributing buildings 1 _site _ public-Federal sites structure structures _object objects o 1 Name of related multiple property listing (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) Historic and Architectural Resources of Lehi, Utah Total Number of contributing resources previously listed In the National Register N/A 6• .Functionor Use·· Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) RELIGION' religions facility Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC' single dwelling Materials (Enter categories from instructions) MID 19TH CENTURY' Gothic Revival foundation STONE'limestone LATE 19TH AND 20 TH CENTLJRY REVIVALS' walls BRICK Classical Reyival roof ASPHALT other_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets,) .x. See continuation sheet(s) for Section No, 7 Lehj North Branch Meetinghouse Name of Property 8..Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" on one or more lines for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) L A Lehi. Utah Countv. Utah City, County, and State Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) Property is associated with events that have RELIGION made a significant contribution to the broad ARCHITECTlJRE patterns of our history. B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. .K.. C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses Period of Significance 1894-1948 high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. o Property has yielded, or is likely to yield , 1894 information important in prehistory or history. 1917 Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" on all that apply.) Property is: .K.. A Significant Dates owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. 1936 Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) N/A Cultural Affiliation N/A B removed from its original location. C a birthplace or grave. o a cemetery. E a reconstructed building, object, or Architect/Builder structure. Andrew Field, Chades Ohran, designers/builders F a commemorative property. G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the Significance ofthe property on one or more continuation sheets.) .x. See continuation sheet(s) for Section No. 8 Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets o) Previous documentation on file (NPS): _ preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested _ previously listed in the National Register _ previously determined eligible by the Nationoal Register _ deSignated a National Historic Landmark _ recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # _ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # _ _ __ Primary location of additional data: L State Historic Preservation Office _ Other State agency _ Federal agency _ Local government _ University Other Name of repository: X See continuation sheet(s) for Section No. 9 Leh; North Branch Meetinghouse Name of Property Leh;' Utah County, Utah City, County, and State 10..Geographical Data Acreage of property 0.54 acres UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) A..1L2.. 4/2 a 14 11 10 Zone Easting C...L /1/11 4 14 a /114 19 10 Northing 1/11/1 B...L..1J..J...J..L Zone Easting 1/1 1/1 Northing D...L...l.1l..1..L /I /I /I Verbal Boundary Description (Descnbe the Doundanes of the propertY,) Commencing N 1110.60 ft and E 611.67 ft from monument at center Section 8, T5S, R1 E, SLM; N 90,90 ft; S 89 deg 38'E 253.97 ft; S 4 deg 49W 6.251 ft; S 89 deg 40'34"E 7.212 ft; S 4 deg 04'56"W 87,965 ft; N 88 deg 56W 254.433 ft to beginning. Property Tax No. 12:037:0010:213 _ See continuation sheet(s) for Section No. 10 ilOWAcial¥ JWltllc;atloA (Explain why the boundaries were selected.) The boundaries of the nominated property include the entire parcel currently and historically associated with the building, _ See continuation sheet(s) for Section No, 10 nameltitle Nelson W KnightLArchitectural Historian organization Smith Hyatt Architects date July 1998 street & number 845 S Main Street telephone [phone] city or town ... BlIoIo],lunlJjtwifu.LIL.1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ state..JJL zip code....84 <:U.1 1.... 0 _ _ __ 0CL Additional Documentation:. . Submit the following items with the completed form: • Continuation Sheets • Maps: A USGS map (7,5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts andlor properties having large acreage or numerous resources. • Photographs: Representative black and white photographs of the property. • ,Additional Items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items.) Property OWner: name Ross and Jean Lamb street&number __~1~190~uNlIoIourtuh~5wOllolO~W~e~s~t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ telephone not published city or town ~1..s;ewhlLi_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ state..JJL zip code -,84...,.",04=0.13_ __ Paperwortt Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing. to list properties. and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation AcI, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing instruCtions. gathering and maintaining data. and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief. Administrative Servicas Division. National Park Service. P.O. Box 37127. Washington. DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget. Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018). Washington, DC 20503. OMB No. 10024-0018 NPS Fo"" 10-900-. Ulah WonIPerfect 5_1 Fonnat (Revised Feb. 1993) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. L Page..1.. Lehi North Branch Meeting House, Lehi, Utah County, UT Narrative Description The 1894 North Branch Meetinghouse is located on the southeast corner of 1200 North and 500 West Streets in Lehi, Utah. The area, located approximately 1-Y2 miles north of downtown Lehi, was historically known as Lehi Junction, after the junction of two rail lines nearby. It has now been absorbed into the suburban fabric of present-day Lehi, although the Meetinghouse occupies a corner that retains a relatively large amount of rural character. The present building consists of the original rectangular block meetinghouse (built 1894), and a 1917 crosswing addition. The 1894 portion is the present west wing of the building. Primarily Victorian Gothic in style, the original building also incorporates classical elements such as the symmetry and gable end entry. Gothic elements include the brick corbeling at the roof line and the pOinted arch windows. The building's designers/builders were local masons Andrew Fjeld and Charles Ohran. Though untrained, they designed a simple, well-proportioned building that draws upon several stylistic traditions in a harmonious way. The Victorian Gothic style of the building was the most popular style for Mormon church buildings around the time of this building's construction. The meetinghouse's walls rest on a foundation of blue limestone obtained from a quarry at Zion's Hill, in the Lake Mountains southwest of Lehi. The walls of the building are of brick obtained from Slater Brick, a Lehi brickyard. Projecting brick false buttresses are spaced evenly along the walls of the building. Gothic arched double-hung windows light the main interior space of this portion, which was once the chapel. A steeply pitched gable roof with overhanging eaves is accented by a stepped brick cornice. The main entry to the building is on the west facade, through a one-story brick foyer. It appears that this foyer was added in the 1936 renovation. Over the porch, inset in the brick and topped by a roman arch, is a sandstone tablet noting the building's date of construction. A similar tablet adorns the north wing of the building, which was constructed in 1917. This addition, which almost doubled the size of the building, is of brick matching the Original construction. Rectangular double-hung windows (now obscured by aluminum storm sashes) belie the original classroom and office functions of the interior of the addition. A second entry at the northwest corner of the building reflects the Prairie style popular in Mormon construction of the time of the addition. On the east side of the building, a stair tower also reflects the Prairie style with its concrete capped parapet wall. The building was extenSively renovated in 1936. The outside brick was painted, the stage remodeled and covered with linoleum, and a lighting system installed to improve ward theatricals. The partition between the upper story classrooms was removed and folding doors were installed in its place. Air conditioning was installed and a blower was placed in the furnace. The roof of the main auditorium (in the 1894 portion) was arched, the grounds were leveled, and grass and shrubbery planted. X See continuation sheet NPS Fom 10· 900·. Utah WonIPor!ec\ 5.1 Fonnal ( R _ Feb. 1993) OMB No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. L Page..2.. Lehi North Branch Meeting House, Lehi, Utah County, UT In 1953, the ward moved to a new building and the building was sold to a private owner. At that time, several changes to the building were made to better accommodate its new function as a residence. Dormers were added to the north wing roof, and the interior configuration was modified. The current owners have embarked on a systematic restoration of the building. The exterior walls have been stripped of paint and returned to their original bare state. The former chapel has been returned to much the same as it was. Restoration work continues at this writing (1998). _ See continuation sheet OMB No. 10024.()()1S NPS Fonn 1().9O().a Utah WordPerfect 5.1 Format (Revtaed Feb. 1993) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No . ..a. Page ~ lehi North Branch Meeting House, lehi, Utah County, UT Narrative Statement of Significance The North Branch Meetinghouse, built in 1894 and located at 1190 N. 500 West in Lehi, is the only surviving historic Mormon Church meetinghouse in Lehi. The rest of Lehi's several meetinghouses, including the large and elaborate Lehi Tabernacle, have been demolished and replaced with new buildings. For this reason, and for its association with the cultural and religious life of Lehi as outlined in the "Historic and Architectural Resources of Lehi, Utah" Multiple Property Submission, the building is historically significant under Criterion A. Building of this Victorian Gothic-style church coincided with the creation of the North Branch of the Utah Stake. This new stake was intended to accommodate growth in Lehi Junction, the area northwest of downtown Lehi surrounding the junction of two rail lines. Later, after the 1903 reorganization of the LDS church in Lehi, the building housed the Lehi Third Ward . After an addition in 1917 and a renovation in 1936, the building was replaced by a new building on another site, and the former church found a new use as a private residence, which it remains today. In the early 1870s, two railroads, the Salt Lake & Western (later the Oregon Short Line and the Utah Northern Line) and the Utah Southern Line, intersected in the area northwest of downtown Lehi. This area was soon dubbed Lehi Junction. Lehi Junction became a relatively self-contained community over the next two decades, with many homes, stores, railroad-related businesses, and a school. Lehi Junction prospered in the 1890s, when mining towns west of Lehi began to ship their ore on a spur line of the Salt Lake & Western to Lehi Junction. Most of the residents of the area, like all of Lehi, were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known popularly as the Mormon, or LDS church. The growing population of Lehi Junction first attended church meetings in the downtown Lehi Meetinghouse, on the corner of 100 South and Center Streets, some distance away from Lehi Junction. This inconvenience led to the formation of Lehi's North Branch on October 1, 1893. Thomas R. Jones was appOinted the first branch president. Jones also headed the branch building committee, established soon after the formation of the branch. Within four months of the branch's organization, $700 had been raised toward construction of a meetinghouse. 1 The North Branch building committee chose a site for the building at the corner of 500 West and 1200 North. The committee also engaged Andrew Fjeld and Charles Ohran, local contractors, to design and build the new meetinghouse. Fjeld and Ohran, along with additional partner Olaf Holmstead, were a successful partnership in Lehi from 1891 until 1911. Andrew Fjeld, a native of Lehi, apprenticed as a bricklayer in Lehi in the 1880s. In 1891 he teamed with Charles Ohran, who had come to Lehi to lay brick on the Lehi Commercial and Savings Bank Building. 2 With Olaf Holmstead, the pair constructed a 1Van Wagoner, 97. 2206 E. State - nominated to the National Register in 1998 as part of the lehi MPS. X See continuation sheet NPS Fonnl~9O(Ho OMS No. 1002+0018 Utah WoroPerfec15.1 Fonnat ( R _ Feb. 1993) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No . ..a. Page..!. Lehi North Branch Meeting House, Lehi, Utah County, UT sizable number of Lehi's homes and commercial buildings. 3 The North Branch Meetinghouse, designed and built by Fjeld and Ohran, is an excellent example of the partnership's work. The primary building material was brick, a logical choice for a builder trained principally as a mason. Bricks were obtained from Slater Brick, a local brickyard. Limestone for the foundation was quarried from Zion's Hill in the Lake Mountains southwest of Lehi. For this reason, the building is sometimes referred to in early documents as the Zion's Hill Meetinghouse. 4 Sunday, October 14, 1894, worship services were first held in the branch meetinghouse, although the building was not fully completed. During the service, the building committee gave the following report of the $1,656 in expenditures: Size of building 40 ft. 8 inc. by 25 ft. 8 inc. 18 feet to the ceiling. Built of brick on the outside, and lined with adobies on the inside, and is plastered with cement. The rock for the foundation cost including the quarreing and hauling $119.50. The laying of the same $48.00. 25,200 brick, and 36,000 adobies $230.00. Hauling and laying of the same $179.25. Carpenter work, plastering, painting, lime, cement, and lumber, $979.25. Land $100. 5 Statistical records of the North Branch at the end of 1894 list sixty-four families in the area. In 1896 W.W. Clark succeeded Thomas R. Jones as branch president. In 1897 the branch membership was listed as 592.6 In 1903, the LOS church in Lehi numbered 2,500 members, one of the largest congregations in existence and one that could not be accommodated in any building in the city. Accordingly, the ward reorganized following the resignation of longtime Lehi Ward Bishop Thomas R. Cutler. Four new wards were formed in the new Lehi Stake; the North Branch Meetinghouse became the new home of the Lehi Third Ward. Henry Lewis, the president of the North Branch at the time, was apPOinted the new ward's first bishop. Membership continued to expand in the following years; by 1917 it had grown to an extent that the Original Meetinghouse was no longer large enough to suit the ward's needs. The building had remained relatively unchanged since its completion; the 1917 renovation nearly doubled the building's size. A new cross-wing was added to the east end of the building. The addition included new classroom and office space to the building. In 1936 another renovation of the building took place. The :Van Wagoner, 223. Among others, Fjeld and Ohran are attributed with the following buildings: People's Co-op Building (151 EState), Lehi Slaughtering Company Meat Mar1c;et (101 W Main Street), Dr. E.C. Merrihew Building (72 W Main Street), and Dr. Robert E. Steel Building (60 W Main Street). All are part of the 1998 MPS "Historic and Architectural Resources of Lehi, Utah.· 4\Jan Wagoner, 97. 5t.ehi Banner. 25 October 1894, qtd. in Van Wagoner, 97. &ooHistory of Lehi Ward, n.d.• qtd. in Van Wagoner, 97. .x. See continuation sheet NPS Fonn OMB No. 10024-0018 1~9()().a Utah WOIIIPerlect 5.1 Fonnel ( R _ Feb. 1993) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. Ji. Page ~ Lehi North Branch Meeting House, Lehi, Utah County, UT outside brick was painted, the stage remodeled and covered with linoleum, and a lighting system installed to improve ward theatricals. The partition between the folding doors was removed and folding doors were installed so the two rooms could be made into one conveniently large space. Air conditioning was installed and a blower was placed in the furnace. The roof of the main auditorium was arched, the grounds were leveled, and grass and shrubbery planted. 7 Despite this renovation , the building soon no longer met the needs of the congregation, which now numbered more than eight hundred. The ward leadership formed a building committee in 1944 and fund-raising for a new building began. Final plans were delayed, so construction at the site of the new building, 1095 North 300 West, did not begin until 1950. The Third Ward moved into the new building in 1953.8 The original North Branch Meetinghouse was sold in 1953 to the Ned Veater family and was converted into a private residence. The building was altered to fit its new use, but retained many of its distinctive interior and exterior features . . In 1968, the current owners, Ross and Jean Lamb, purchased the former church. They are engaged in an ongoing restoration of the building. ryan Wagoner, 108. SVan Wagoner. 108. NPS Fonn 1().9()().a OMB No. 10024-0018 Utah WOIIIPerfect 5.1 Format (R _ Fob. 1993) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. Jl.. Page..2.. Lehi North Branch Meeting House. Lehi. Utah County. UT Bibliography Arrington, Leonard J., Beet Sugar in the West: A History of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company. 1891.19Q2. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1966. ____, Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic History of the Latter-Day Saints. 1858-1900. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1958. Carter, Thomas and Peter Goss, Utah's Historic Architecture. 1847-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Graduate School of Architecture and Utah State Historical Society, 1985. Daughters of Utah Pioneers of Utah County, Memories That Live: Utah County Centennial History. Springville, Utah: Art City Publishing, 1947. Kirkham, Thomas F., ed. and compo Lehi Centennial History 1850-1950 (including reprint of Hamilton Gardner's History of Lehi [Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1913]). Lehi, Utah: Lehi Free Press Publishing Co., 1950. "Lehi Reconnaissance Level Survey," prepared by Allen Roberts, AlA, for the Utah State Historic Preservation Office, October, 1992, and February, 1994. Copy on file at the Utah SHPO. Owens, G., Salt Lake City Directory. Including a Business Directory of Provo. Springville. and Ogden. Utah Territory, Salt Lake City, 1867. Polk, RL., & Co., provo City Directory. Salt Lake City: RL. Polk & Co., 1891-92, 1903-1987. Polk, RL., & Co., Utah State Gazeteer and Business Directory. Salt Lake City: Tribune Job Printing Co., 1900-1931. Reeder, Clarence Andrew, Jr., "The History of Utah's Railroads, 1869-1883," unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Utah, 1970. Sanborn Map Company, New York, Insurance Maps of Lehi, Utah, 1890, 1898, 1907, 1922, 1934. Richard S. Van Wagoner. Lehi: Portraits of a Utah Town. Lehi, Utah: Lehi City Corporation, 1990. See continuation sheet NPS Fonn 1().9O().1 Utah WordPerfecl5.1 Fonnlll ( R _ Feb. 1993) OMB No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. PHOTOS Page L Lehi North Branch Meeting House, Lehi, Utah County, UT Common Information 1. Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse 2. Lehi, Utah County, Utah 3. Photographer: Kim A. Hyatt 4. Date: June, 1997 5. Negative on file at Utah SHPO. Photo No.1 6. NW elevation of building. Camera facing SE. Photo No.2 6. SE elevation of building. Camera facing SW. See continuation sheet t: i. 1,;; ~ J~ ! .., ! P, n " , I ; , I I II" II ~,._._....-." _ ~" r _ ,. . . . ' - ~--. ~~~ - . ~~~--z..- W\l.e*-\~'~ Le~ Nl3M*-'t ~~ ~/\J-t~ ~"') vt~ . CORRESPONDENCE Cory Jensen - National Regir.:tcr . . - . . W'?ekl y List 12/11 /98 ", . Lehi, 98001454, LlSTED,12104/98 (Lehi, Utah MPS) UTAH, UTAH COUNTY, Goodwin, Samuel!. and Olena J., House, 80 West 400 North, Lehi, 98001453, LISTED, 12104/98 (Lehi, Utah MPS) UTAH, UTAH COUNTY, Knudsen, Christian and Sarah, House, 123 S, Center St., Lehi, 98001458, LISTED, 12104/98 (Lehi, Utah MPS) UTAH, UTAH COUNTY, Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse, 1190 North 500 West, Lehi, 98001455, LISTED, 12104/98 (Lehi, Utah MPS) UTAH, UTAH COUNTY, Lehi Ward Tithing Barn-Centennial Hall, 651 North 200 East, (rear), Lehi, 98001456, LISTED, 12104/98 (Lehi, Utah MPS) UTAH, UTAH COUNTY, People's Co-op Building, 151 E. State St., Lehi, 98001457, LISTED, 12104/98 (Lehi, Utah MPS) UTAH, UTAH COUNTY, Webb, Thomas and Mary, House, 388 North 200 East, Lehi, 98001451, LISTED, 12104/98 (Lehi, Utah MPS) UTAH, WASHINGTON COUNTY, Graff, George and Bertha, House, 2865 Santa Clara Dr., Santa Clara, 98001461, LISTED, 12104/98 (Santa Clara, Utah MPS) UTAH, WASHINGTON COUNTY, Page5 1 . .. . _ f I State DfUtah Department of Community and Economic Development Division of State History Utah State Historical Society Michael O. Leavitt Governor MaxJ.Evans Director 300 Rio Grande Salt Lake City, Ulah 84101 - 1182 [phone] FAX: [phone] TOD: 533-3502 [e-mail] SINCE 1 •• 7 December 14, 1998 ROSS AND JEAN LAMB 1190 NORTH 500 WEST LEHI UT 84043 Dear Mr. & Mrs. LAMB: It is my distinct pleasure to inform you that the Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse at 1190 North 500 West , nominated by the Utah Board of State History and the Utah State Historic Preservation Officer, was officially listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service on December 4, 1998. In recognition of the listing of your property, we would like to present to you an official National Register certificate. It contains the name of the site, the nature of its significance, the date of listing, an embossed gold seal, and the signatures of the Governor, the chair of the Board of State History, and the State Historic Preservation Officer. There is no charge for this certificate. Please contact Cory Jensen in our Historic Preservation Office if you would like to receive this certificate. A public presentation can be arranged if you so desire. We also suggest that a marker be placed to give your historic property additional public recognition. Please contact our office for details if you are interested in purchasing a marker. Listing in the National Register is intended to encourage preservation as well as provide recognition of a property's significance. A 20 percent federal tax credit is available for substantial rehabilitation of residential rental and commercial properties. In addition, a 20 percent state tax credit is available for the rehabilitation of historic residential properties. (See attached fact sheets.) We would be pleased to assist you with either application process should you wish to apply. Please contact Cory Jensen at 801/533-3559, or bye-mail [e-mail] you have any questions or if we may be of assistance to you. Wilson G. Martin Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer and Program Manager Preserving and Sharing Utah's Past for the Present and Future SUMMARY OF UTAH HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDIT The 1993 Utah State Legislature passed the Economic Incentives for Historic Preservation bill which created a tax credit for historic residential rehabilitations. The basic requirements of the historic preservation tax credit are explained below. What is the Utah Historic Preservation Tax Credit? A 20 percent non-refundable tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic buildings which are used as owner-occupied residences or residential rentals. Twenty percent of all qualified rehabilitation costs may be deducted from taxes owed on your Utah income or corporate franchise tax. Example: $22,000 in qualified rehabilitation costs = $4,400 state income tax credit Does My Building Qualify? Buildings listed in the National Register of Historic Places which, after rehabilitation, are used as a residence(s) qualify. The credit is not available for any property used for commercial purposes including hotels or B&Bs (bed and breakfasts). The building does not need to be listed in the National Register at the beginning of the project, but a complete National Register nomination must be submitted when the project is finished. The property must be listed in the National Register within three years of the approval of the completed project. What Rehabilitation Work Qualifies? The work may include interior or exterior repair, rehabilitation or restoration, including historic, decorative, and structural elements as well as mechanical systems. All proposed work must meet the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and be approved by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) before the work begins. Depending on the historic conditions and features, some examples of eligible work items include: • • • • repairing or upgrading windows repointing masonry repairing or replacing roofs new floor and wall coverings • • • • painting walls, trim, etc. refinishing floors, handrails, etc. new furnace, AlC, boiler, etc. electrical upgrades • • • • plumbing repairs and fixtures reconstructing historic porches compatible new kitchens reversing incompatible remodellings Necessary architectural, engineering, and permit fees may also be included. The purchase price of the building, site work (landscaping, sidewalks, fences, driveways, etc.), new additions, work on outbuildings, and the purchase and installation of moveable furnishings or equipment (e.g., refrigerators, dishwashers, etc.) do not qualify for the credit. All of the work must meet the Standards or the tax credit cannot be taken on any portion of the work. A completed application should be submitted to the SHPO at least 15-30 days before beginning the project, along with photographs showing all areas of work (both interior and exterior) and any drawings or other technical information necessary to completely understand the proposed project. How Much Money Must I Spend to Qualify? Total rehabilitation expenditures must exceed $10,000. (The tax credit applies equally to this first $10,000.) The purchase price of the building and any donated labor cannot be included. The project must be completed within 36 months of the. SHPO's approval of the proposed rehabilitation work. Utah State Historic Preservation Office (Utah Division of State History), 300 Rio Grande, SLC, UT 84101-1182 3562 Phone (801) 533- Utah Historic Preservation Tax Credit Summary - Continued When Can I Claim the Credit? The credit may be taken for the tax year in which the entire project was completed and the rehabilitation work and a National Register nomination form have been approved by the SHPO. (A certification number will be issued to the owner at that time). Credit amounts greater than the amount of tax due in that year may be carried forward up to five years. Are There Any Restrictions Placed on My Building? The only restriction is that all work done to the building during the rehabilitation project, and for three years following the certification of the project, must meet the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. Please consult with the State Historic Preservation Office if you have any questions. How do I Take the Tax Credit? The original completed and signed form TC-40H, Historic Preservation Tax Credit, must be attached to your initial state income tax return. This form will be provided by the SHPO when the completed project is approved. If you carryforward this tax credit, you must attach a copy of the completed form, with the new carryforward amount, to your tax return. Note that carryforward amounts must be applied against tax due before the application of any historic preservation tax credits earned in the current year and on a first-earned, first-used basis. Please consult with the State Tax Commission if you have any questions. Original records supporting the credit claimed must be maintained for three years following the date the return was filed claiming the credit. For More Information or a State Tax Credit Application Contact; Charles Shepherd at [phone] or Barbara Murphy at [phone] Utah State Historic Preservation Office 300 Rio Grande Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1182 For Tax-Related Questions Contact; Lynn Solarczyk at [phone] Utah State Tax Commission For Information on Low-Interest Preservation Loans Contact; Utah Heritage Foundation at [phone] Additional Local Requirements May Also Apply; Salt Lake City Landmarks Committee [phone] Park City Planning Department [phone] Qgden Planning Department [phone] The State Historic Preservation Office can provide additional local preservation contacts. Revised 9/15/94 SUMMARY OF FEDERAL REHABILITATION TAX CREDITS What are the Rehabilitation Tax Credits? There is a 20% Investment Tax Credit (ITC) available for rehabilitating historic buildings and a 10% ITC for renovating nonhistoric buildings constructed before 1936. In both instances the ITC is based on a percentage of the rehabilitation costs and does not include the purchase price. The tax credit applies to the building owner's federal income tax for the year in which the project is completed and approved. If it is not all needed in that year the ITC may be carried back 3 years or forward up to 15 years. Note: this is a tax ~ not just a deduction. Example: 20% of a $50,000 rehabilitation = $10,000 tax credit Which Buildings Qualify? The historic rehabilitation tax credit (20%) is available for buildings listed in the National Register of Historic Places which, after renovation, are used for commercial or residential rental use. The nonhistoric tax credit (10%) is available for any pre-1936 building being used for commercial but not residential rental purposes. The work does not have to be reviewed for the 10% credit. Neither ITC is available for the rehabilitation of a private residence. What Rehabilitation Work Qualifies? Any work on the interior or the exterior of the building qualifies for the tax credit. Landscaping or new additions to the building do not qualify. The work on a historic building must be certified by the National Park Service. This is done by completing an application and submitting it to the National Park Service along with "before" and "after" photographs showing all work areas (interior and exterior). How Much Money Must be Spent in Qrder to Qualify for the IIC? The rehabilitation expenditures must exceed the greater of either the "adjusted basis" of the building or $5,000. "Adjusted basis" is the purchase price ~ the value of the land minus any depreciation already taken by the current owner of the building ~ any capital improvements. Example (recent purchase): $60,000 (purchase price) - $7,000 (land) = $53,000 (adjusted basis); rehabilitation expenses must exceed $53,000 Example (long-time ownership): $60,000 (purchase price) - $40,000 (depreciation) - $7,000 (land) + $5,000 (capital improvement) = $18,000 (adjusted basis); rehabilitation expenses must exceed $18,000 When Can a Rehabilitated Building Be Sold? A building must be kept at least five years in order to avoid any recapture of the tax credit by the federal government. The recapture amount ranges from 100% of the tax credit it the building is sold within the first year to 20% of the credit if it is sold within the fifth year. More Information? Contact: . Barbara Murphy (533-3563) or Don Hartley (533-3560) Utah Division of State History 300 Rio Grande Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 ~ .,,-- . '., ~· Lat ,= ,)1 _.: CL~i-: ,......., UTAH STATE Department of Community and Economic Development Division of State History Utah State Historical Society Michael O. Leavitt Governor MuJ. Ev8DS Director 300 Rio Grande Salt Lake City, Utah 84101·1182 [phone] FAX: [phone] roD: 533-3502 [e-mail] SINCE 111.7 December 11 , 1998 MA YOR KENNETH GREENWOOD LEHI CITY PO BOX 255 LEHI UT 84043-0255 Dear Mayor Greenwood: It is my distinct pleasure to inform you that the following buildings in Lehi nominated by the Utah Board of State History and the Utah State Historic Preservation Officer, were officially listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service on December 4, 1998: James H. and Rhoda H. Gardner House at 187 East 300 North Samuel!. and Olena J. Goodwin House at 80 West 400 North Christian and Sarah Knudsen House at 123 S Center Street Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse at 1190 North 500 West Lehi Ward Tithing Barn/Centennial Hall at 651 North 200 East (rear) Dr. Elmo and Rhea Eddington House at 617 North 100 East People's Co-op Store at 151 East State Street Thomas and Mary Webb House at 388 North 200 East The National Register of Historic Places is the federal government's official list of historic properties worthy of preservation. Listing in the National Register provides recognition and assists in preserving our Nation's heritage. Preserving and Sharing Utah's Past for the Present and Future ./ "'1 : . ,......, ·Iat. '-" ,~ ;.,...... I.) 'II ; Ta.r. n ,-.-- . 'J .... ....../..;.L~ Department of Community and Economic Development Division of State History Utah State Historical Society Michael O. Leavitt Governor MaxJ.Evans Director 300 Rio Grande Salt Lake City. Utah 84101·1182 (801) 533· 3500 FAX: 533· 3503 TOD: 533·3502 [e-mail] SINCE ' •• 7 December 11, 1998 JOHN ROCKWELL LEHI CITY CLG 208 EAST 200 SOUTH LEHI UT 84043 Dear CLG Chair Rockwell: It is my distinct pleasure to inform you that the following buildings in Lehi nominated by the Utah Board of State History and the Utah State Historic Preservation Officer, were officially listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service on December 4, 1998: James H. and Rhoda H. Gardner House at 187 East 300 North Samuel I. and Olena J. Goodwin House at 80 West 400 North Christian and Sarah Knudsen House at 123 S Center Street Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse at 1190 North 500 West Lehi Ward Tithing Bam/Centennial Hall at 651 North 200 East (rear) Dr. Elmo and Rhea Eddington House at 617 North 100 East People's Co-op Store at 151 East State Street Thomas and Mary Webb House at 388 North 200 East The National Register of Historic Places is the federal government's official list of historic properties worthy of preservation. Listing in the National Register provides recognition and assists in preserving our Nation's heritage. Preserving and Sharing Utah's Past for the Present and Future UTAH STATE Department of Community and Economic Development Division of State History Utah State Historical Society Michael O. Leavitt 300 Rio Grande Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1182 [phone] FAX: [phone] TOD: 533-3502 Governor MaxJ.Evans Director [e-mail] October 30, 1998 Carol D. Shull National Register of Historic Places Mail Stop 2280, Suite NC 400 1849 C Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20240 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed please find the registration form and documentation for the following nominations which have been approved by the Utah Historic and Cultural Sites Review Committee (Utah Board of State History) and the Utah State Historic Preservation Officer for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places: American Fork Historic District Lehi Multiple Property Submission Includes the following properties: Lehi Main Street Historic District Lehi Community Savings Bank Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse Lehi Tithing Barn People's Co-op Eddington, Elmo & Rhea, House Gardner, James & Rhoda, House Goodwin, Samuel & Olena, House Knudson, Christian & Sarah, House Smith, John & Emerette, House Webb, Thomas & Mary, House Thank you for your assistance with this nomination. Please call me at 801-533-3559 if you have any questions. Cory Jens Architectur I Historian Enclosures Preserving and Sharing Utah's Past for the Present and Future UTAH STATE ......-l ~. T ~ ..... 1 \ , ~ C,,·. . j'" t ) •.J a~.1 Department of Community and Economic Development Division of State History Utah State Historical Society ~ : 1. Michael O. Leavitt Governor MaxJ.Evana Director 300 Rio Grande Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 -1182 [phone] FAX: [phone] TOO: 533-3502 [e-mail] SINCE 1 •• 7 July 31, 1998 ROSS AND JEAN LAMB 1190 NORTH 500 WEST LEHI UT 84043 Dear Mr. & Mrs. Lamb: We are pleased to report that the property known as Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse at 1190 North 500 West has been approved by the Utah Board of State History for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Within the next few weeks, we will submit the nomination and documentation to the National Register office in Washington, DC, for final approval. This review typically occurs within six to eight weeks. If you have any questions or concerns about this National Register nomination, please contact Roger Roper of the Historic Preservation Office at 533-3561 or at the address listed above. We appreciate your interest in and support of historic sites in Utah. Wilson G. Martin Program Manager and Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer Preserving and Sharing Utah's Past for the Present and Future L1 ' r n , "'"':""... . ,""\ -'" : i n "'! ...... +- n r ." La L'G ~.Jl ',.....) ~Ja .; ., Department of Community and Economic Development Division of State History Utah State Historical Society :____1 UTAH STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY (6~ Michael O. Leavitt Governor MaxJ.Evans Director 300 Rio Grande Salt Lake City. Utah 84101-1182 (SOl) 533-3500 FAX: [phone] TOO: 533-3502 [e-mail] June 29, 1998 ROSS AND JEAN LAMB 1190 NORTH 500 WEST LEHI UT 84043 Dear Mr. & Mrs. Lamb: We are pleased to inform you that the property which you own, known historically as the Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse at 1190 North 500 West, will be considered by the Utah Board of State History for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places is the federal government's official list of historic properties worthy of preservation. Listing in the National Register provides recognition and assists in preserving our Nation's heritage. Listing of a property provides recognition of its historic significance and assures protective review of federal projects that might adversely affect the character of the historic property. If the property is listed in the National Register, certain federal investment tax credits for rehabilitation and other provisions may apply. Listing in the National Register does not place limitations on the property by the federal government. Public visitation rights are not required of owners. The federal government will not attach restrictive covenants to the property or seek to acquire them. Enclosed please find a notice that explains, in greater detail, the results of listing in the National Register. It also describes the rights and procedures by which an owner may comment on or object to listing in the National Register. You are invited to attend the Board of State History meeting at which the nomination will be considered. The Board will meet on July 31, 1998 at 2:00 p.m., in the Board Room of the former Denver and Rio Grande Depot located at 300 South Rio Grande (440 West), Salt Lake City. Should you have any questions about this nomination before the meeting, please contact Roger Roper of the Historic Preservation Office at 533-3561. 4:J)~ Wilson G. Martin Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer and Program Manager Enclosure Preserving and Sharing Utah's Past for the Present and Future RIGHTS OF OWNERS TO COMMENT AND/OR OBJECT TO LISTING IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Owners of private properties nominated to the National Register have an opportunity to concur with or object to listing in accord with the National Historic Preservation Act and 36 CFR 60. Any owner or partial owner of private property who chooses to object to listing may submit, to the State Historic Preservation Officer, a notarized statement certifying that the party is the sole or partial owner of the private property and objects to the listing. Each owner or partial owner of private property has one vote regardless of the portion of the property that the party owns. If a majority of private property owners object, a property will not be listed. However, the State Historic Preservation Officer shall submit the nomination to the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places for a determination of eligibility of the property for listing in the National Register. If the property is then determined eligible for listing, although not formally listed, Federal agencies will be required to allow for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to have an opportunity to comment before the agency may fund, license, or assist a project which will affect the property (see below). If you choose to object to the listing of your property, the notarized objection must be submitted to Wilson G. Martin, Deputy State Historic PreserVation Officer, 300 Rio Grande, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84101, before the Utah Board of State History meets to consider the nomination. Other comments regarding the nomination of this property should also be directed to Mr. Martin prior to the meeting date. A copy of the nomination and information on the National Register and the Federal and State tax provisions are available from the above address upon request. RESULTS OF LISTING IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Eligibility for Federal tax provisions: If a property is listed in the National Register, certain Federal tax provisions may apply. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 revised the historic preservation tax incentives authorized by Congress in the Tax Reform Act of 1976, the Revenue Act of 1978, the Tax Treatment Extension Act of 1980, the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, and Tax Reform Act of 1984, and as of January 1, 1987, provides for a 20 percent investment tax credit with a full adjustment to basis for the "substantial rehabilitation" of historic commercial, industrial, and rental residential buildings. (The former 15 percent and 20 percent Investment Tax Credits (ITCs) for rehabilitations of older commercial buildings are combined into a single 10 percent ITC for commercial or industrial buildings built before 1936.) The Tax Treatment Extension Act of 1980 provides Federal tax deductions for charitable contributions for conservation purposes of partial interests in historically important land areas or structures. Whether these provisions are advantageous to a property owner is dependent upon the particular circumstances of the property and the owner. Because the tax aspects outlined above are complex, individuals should consult legal or professional counselor the appropriate local Internal Revenue Service office for assistance in determining tax consequences. For further information on certification requirements, please refer to 36 CFR 67. Eligibilitv for State tax provisions: S.B. No. 42 passed during the 1993 General Session of the Utah State Legislature created a state income tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic (Le., National Register listed) residential buildings, either owner-occupied or rental. The credit is 20% of the cost of rehabilitation work totaling more than $10,000. All of the proposed rehabilitation work must meet the Secretary of the Interior's "Standards for Rehabilitation" and must be pre-approved by the State Historic Preservation Office. Rules implementing these tax provisions are still being developed. Contact the Historic Preservation Office for more information. Consideration in planning for Federal. federally licensed. and federally assisted projects: Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 requires that Federal agencies allow for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to have an opportunity to comment on all projects affecting historic properties listed in the National Register. For further information, please refer to 36 CFR 800 or contact the Regulatory Assistance section of the Division of State History. Consideration in issuing a surface coal mining permit: In accordance with the Surface Mining and Control Act of 1977, there must be consideration of historic values in the decision to issue a surface coal mining permit where coal is located. For further information, please refer to 30 CFR 700 et seq. Qualification for Federal or State grants for historic preservation when available: Presently, limited funding may be available through the Certified Local Government program. Direct grants to property owners are also occasionally available. For information about possible grants, contact the Office of Preservation, Utah Division of State History. ,- . .... .; 1 ~ - 1 '.-~ UTAH STATE r ~ --,1.)cL. . ~ Department of Community and Economic Development Division of State History Utah State Historical Society Michael O. Leavitt Governor Mu:J.Evans Director , 300 Rio Grande Salt Lake City. Utah 84101·1182 (801) 533·3500 FAX: 533·3503 roO: 533·3502 [e-mail] June 29, 1998 COMMISSION CHAIR GARY HERBERT UTAH COUNTY 100 E CENTER STREET PROVO UT 84606 Dear Commission Chair Herbert: We are pleased to inform you that the following buildings in Lehi will be considered by the Utah Board of State History for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. James H. and Rhoda H. Gardner House at 187 East 300 North Samuel I. and Olena J. Goodwin House at 80 West 400 North Christian and Sarah Knudsen House at 123 S Center Street Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse at 1190 North 500 West Lehi Ward Tithing Barn/Centennial Hall at 651 North 200 East (rear) Dr. Elmo and Rhea Eddington House at 617 North 100 East Lehi Commercial and Savings Bank at 206 East State Street People's Co-op Store at 151 East State Street John Y. and Emerette C. Smith House at 518 North 100 East Thomas and Mary Webb House at 388 North 200 East In addition, the Lehi Main Street Historic District, comprising the following buildings, will also be considered. 4 West Main Street 12 West Main Street 20 West Main Street 24 West Main Street 32 West Main Street 36 West Main Street 40 West Main Street 46 West Main Street 60 West Main Street 68 West Main Street 72 West Main Street 96 West Main Street 101 West Main Street 102 West Main Street 110 West Main Street 115 West Main Street 120 West Main Street 130 West Main Street 151 West Main Street 154 West Main Street 155 West Main Street 162 West Main Street 164 West Main Street 169 West Main Street 172 West Main Street 175 West Main Street 181 West Main Street 189 West Main Street The National Register of Historic Places is the federal government's official list of historic properties worthy of preservation. Listing in the National Register provides recognition and assists in preserving our Nation's heritage. Preserving and Sharing Utah's Past for the Present and Future Listing of a property provides recognition of its historic significance and assures protective review of federal projects that might adversely affect the character of the historic property. If the property is listed in the National Register, certain federal and/or state investment tax credits for . rehabilitation and other provisions may apply. Listing in the National Register does not place limitations on the property by the federal government. Public visitation rights are not required of owners. The federal government will not attach restrictive covenants to the property or seek to acquire them. You are invited to attend the Board of State History meeting at which the nomination will be considered. The Board will meet on July 31, 1998 at 2:00 p.m. in the Board Room of the former Denver and Rio Grande Depot located at 300 South Rio Grande (440 West), Salt Lake City. Should you have any questions about this nomination before the meeting, please contact Roger Roper of the Historic Preservation Office at 533-3561. Wilson G. Martin Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer and Program Manager -""'" ........." • - J ' ~ ~_ ~ '.- -" . • __ , . _ _ - -. --' , .J.-< ...... --. UTAH STATE HISTORICAL __ _ Department of Community and Economic Development Division of State History Utah State Historical Society Michael O. Leavitt Governor 300 Rio Grande Salt Lake City. Ulah 84 \0 1-11 82 MaxJ. EvanB Director l [phone] FAX: [phone] TOO: 533-3502 [e-mail] June 29, 1998 MAYOR KENNETH GREENWOOD LEHI CITY PO BOX 255 LEHI UT 84043-0255 Dear Mayor Greenwood: We are pleased to' inform you that the following buildings in Lehi will be considered by the Utah Board of State History for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. James H. and Rhoda H. Gardner House at 187 East 300 North Samuel I. and Olena J. Goodwin House at 80 West 400 North Christian and Sarah Knudsen House at 123 S Center Street Lehi North Branch Meetinghouse at 1190 North 500 West Lehi Ward Tithing Barn/Centennial Hall at 651 North 200 East (rear) Dr. Elmo and Rhea Eddington House at 617 North 100 East Lehi Commercial and Savings Bank at 206 East State Street People's Co-op Store at 151 East State Street John Y. and Emerette C. Smith House at 518 North 100 East Thomas and Mary Webb House at 388 North 200 East In addition, the Lehi Main Street Historic District, comprising the following buildings, will also be considered. 4 West Main Street 12 West Main Street 20 West Main Street 24 West Main Street 32 West Main Street 36 West Main Street 40 West Main Street 46 West Main Street 60 West Main Street 68 West Main Street 72 West Main Street 96 West Main Street 101 West Main Street 102 West Main Street 110 West Main Street 115 West Main Street 120 West Main Street 130 West Main Street 151 West Main Street 154 West Main Street 155 West Main Street 162 West Main Street 164 West Main Street 169 West Main Street 172 West Main Street 175 West Main Street 181 West Main Street 189 West Main Street The National Register of Historic Places is the federal government's official list of historic properties worthy of preservation. Listing in the National Register provides recognition and assists in preserving our Nation's heritage. Preserving and Sharing Utah's Past for the Present and Future Listing of a property provides recognition of its historic significance and assures protective review of federal projects that might adversely affect the character of the historic property. If the property is listed in the National Register, certain federal and/or state investment tax credits for rehabilitation and other provisions may apply. Listing in the National Register does not place limitations on the property by the federal government. Public visitation rights are not required of owners. The federal government will not attach restrictive covenants to the property or seek to acquire them. You are invited to attend the Board of State History meeting at which the nomination will be considered. The Board will meet on July 31, 1998 at 2:00 p.m. in the Board Room of the former Denver and Rio Grande Depot located at 300 South Rio Grande (440 West), Salt Lake City. Should you have any questions about this nomination before the meeting, please contact Roger Roper of the Historic Preservation Office at 533-3561. Sincerely, Wilson G. Martin Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer and Program Manager cc: John Rockwell MAPS & DRAWINGS